# 114-hr-4842: American Dream Employment Act of 2016

114-hr-4842, American Dream Employment Act of 2016, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1] (D-AZ); status Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-4842
- Congress: 114
- Title: American Dream Employment Act of 2016
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
- Introduced: 2016-03-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1] (D-AZ)
- Cosponsors: 30
- Policy area: Congress
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

American Dream Employment Act of 2016 This bill amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 to permit the compensation of congressional employees who have been issued employment authorization documents under the Department of Homeland Security's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program. The program enables many unlawfully present aliens who came to the United States as children to be granted deferred action (a type of relief from removal which does not confer immigration status) and work authorization.

## Cosponsors (30)

- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2016-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2016-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20] (D-TX), 2016-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2016-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
- RUBEN HINOJOSA (D-TX), 2016-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
- JOHN LEWIS (D-GA), 2016-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL), 2016-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2016-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2016-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
- JOHN CONYERS (D-MI), 2016-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2016-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
- GENE GREEN (D-TX), 2016-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2016-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2016-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
- CHARLES RANGEL (D-NY), 2016-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
- MICHAEL HONDA (D-CA), 2016-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2016-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] (D-CA), 2016-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] (D-TX), 2016-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2016-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
- LUIS GUTIERREZ (D-IL), 2016-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA), 2016-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2016-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2016-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9] (D-AZ), 2016-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] (D-TX), 2016-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-33] (D-CA), 2016-04-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34] (D-TX), 2016-04-27T00:00:00.000Z
- STEVE ISRAEL (D-NY), 2016-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2016-09-07T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-4842 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4842)

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