SJRES 99 — Congress 119
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".
Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/99
Congress.gov subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures; Congressional oversight; Department of Homeland Security; Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management; Immigration
Issues impacted: Immigration & Border (taxonomy, high), Regulation & Agency Oversight (ai, high)
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119 SJ 99 IS: 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”. U.S. Senate 2025-12-10 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. IIA 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. J. RES. 99 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 10, 2025 Ms. Rosen (for herself, Mr. Coons , Mr. King , Mr. Schiff , Mr. Durbin , Mr. Van Hollen , Mrs. Shaheen , Mr. Padilla , Mr. Welch , Ms. Cortez Masto , and Mr. Bennet ) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 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 . That Congress disapproves the interim final rule submitted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services relating to Removal of the Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents (90 Fed. Reg. 48799 (October 30, 2025)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.
Plain-English summary
Confidence: high · Complexity: simple · Model: grok-4.5
This is a simple “kill the rule” vote. Congress would use the Congressional Review Act—a fast-track tool to cancel a new agency rule—to wipe out a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services rule about work permits.
The rule in question ended automatic extensions of Employment Authorization Documents (the cards that let certain people work legally while their cases or renewals are pending). This joint resolution says Congress disapproves that rule, and that the rule would have no force or effect. In plain terms: if this passed, the agency’s “no more automatic extensions” change would be canceled.
People most likely to notice are workers who rely on those cards and the employers who hire them. Without automatic extensions, someone can hit a gap and lose the legal right to work while waiting on paperwork. The text doesn’t rewrite broader immigration law—it only targets this one rule.
A Senate move to take it up already failed 47–50, so it didn’t advance on that try. Source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/99
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| Issue | Yea advances | Nay advances | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Immigration & Border | Expanded legal pathways and asylum capacity | Status quo / reject this change | Yea nullifies the USCIS rule ending automatic EAD extensions, keeping work-authorization continuity for people already in lawful processes; Nay leaves that rule in effect. |
| Regulation & Agency Oversight | Disapprove or nullify agency rules | Preserve agency rules and standards | Classic CRA joint resolution: Yea strips force and effect from the named USCIS interim final rule; Nay keeps the agency rule standing. |