S.Amdt. 1475

SA 1475. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 1388 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and
Mr. Schumer) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 815, to amend
title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements relating to
the eligibility of veterans to receive reimbursement for emergency
treatment furnished through the Veterans Community Care program, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION.

Paragraph (2) of section 208(d) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(d)) is amended to read as
follows:
``(2) Employment authorization.--
``(A) Authorization permitted.--An applicant for asylum is
not entitled to employment authorization, but such
authorization may be provided under regulation by the
Secretary of Homeland Security. An applicant who is not
otherwise eligible for employment authorization shall not be
granted such authorization prior to the date that is 180 days
after the date of filing of the application for asylum.
``(B) Termination.--Each grant of employment authorization
under subparagraph (A), and any renewal or extension thereof,
shall be valid for a period of 6 months, except that such
authorization, renewal, or extension shall terminate prior to
the end of such 6 month period as follows:
``(i) Immediately following the denial of an asylum
application by an asylum officer, unless the case is referred
to an immigration judge.
``(ii) 30 days after the date on which an immigration judge
denies an asylum application, unless the alien timely appeals
to the Board of Immigration Appeals.
``(iii) Immediately following the denial by the Board of
Immigration Appeals of an appeal of a denial of an asylum
application.
``(C) Renewal.--The Secretary of Homeland Security may not
grant, renew, or extend employment authorization to an alien
if the alien was previously granted employment authorization
under subparagraph (A), and the employment authorization was
terminated pursuant to a circumstance described in
subparagraph (B)(i), (ii), or (iii), unless a Federal court
of appeals remands the alien's case to the Board of
Immigration Appeals.
``(D) Ineligibility.--The Secretary of Homeland Security
may not grant employment authorization to an alien under this
paragraph if the alien--
``(i) is ineligible for asylum under subsection (b)(2)(A);
or
``(ii) entered or attempted to enter the United States at a
place and time other than lawfully through a United States
port of entry.''.
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