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S.J.Res. 99119th CongressFloor activityLatest action Apr 29, 2026Decoded by AI · checked against the record
Official title: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services relating to "Removal of the Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents".
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Congress is voting to cancel a federal rule that would have ended automatic work permit extensions for certain non-citizens awaiting renewals.
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This resolution would cancel a rule issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that removed automatic extensions of work permits, called Employment Authorization Documents or EADs. If the resolution becomes law, that rule would have no legal effect and the prior practice of automatically extending work permits during the renewal process would be restored.
This affects certain non-citizens, such as people with pending immigration applications, who rely on EADs to work legally in the United States.
Without the automatic extension, workers whose permits were expiring could lose the legal right to work while waiting for their renewal applications to be processed. Canceling the rule would mean those workers keep their work authorization during that waiting period.
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Right now: the Senate has not agreed to take it up — the last motion to do so failed. If the House changes it, it goes back to the Senate before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Motion to proceed to consideration of measure rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 50. Record Vote Number: 111. (CR S2106)
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