# 116-hr-6507: COVID–19 Employment Authorization Document Extension Act

116-hr-6507, COVID–19 Employment Authorization Document Extension Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY); status Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6507
- Congress: 116
- Title: COVID–19 Employment Authorization Document Extension Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Introduced: 2020-04-14
- Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 15
- Policy area: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

COVID-19 Employment Authorization Document Extension Act This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to automatically extend an alien's employment authorization if the authorization was valid when a public health emergency period begins. This extended authorization shall be valid until at least one year after the end of the emergency period. This extension shall apply retroactively to any alien with employment authorization on January 31, 2020, and the end of such an extension shall be calculated using the date when the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency period ends.

## Cosponsors (15)

- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2020-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] (D-CA), 2020-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2020-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2020-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] (D-CO), 2020-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2020-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2020-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2020-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2020-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2020-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY), 2020-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2020-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2020-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2020-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2020-04-14T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act
- 116-hr-7120: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020
- 116-hr-7092: Great American Outdoors Act
- 116-hr-4104: Negro Leagues Baseball Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
- 116-hr-2694: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
- 116-hr-2474: Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019

## Sources
- [116-hr-6507 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6507)

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- [116-hr-7120: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7120)
- [116-hr-7092: Great American Outdoors Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7092)
- [116-hr-4104: Negro Leagues Baseball Centennial Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4104)
- [116-hr-2694: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2694)
- [116-hr-2474: Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2474)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6507 (as of 2025-11-18).