[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 19 Introduced in House (IH)]
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 19
To require employers to conduct employment eligibility verification.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 4, 2007
Mr. Calvert (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs. Bono, Mr. Gary G. Miller
of California, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Issa, Mr.
Lewis of California, Mr. Royce, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Burgess,
Mr. Hunter, Mr. Sensenbrenner, and Mr. Goode) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in
addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
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A BILL
To require employers to conduct employment eligibility verification.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT FOR EMPLOYERS TO CONDUCT EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY
VERIFICATION.
(a) Renaming of Basic Pilot Program.--The basic pilot program
established under section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of Public Law 104-208;
8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is hereby renamed as the ``Employment Eligibility
Verification System'' (and is referred to in this section as such).
(b) Extension of Scope of Program.--The Secretary of Homeland
Security shall provide for the implementation of the Employment
Eligibility Verification System throughout the United States on a
timely basis, consistent with the implementation of subsection (c) and
such System shall continue in operation permanently and shall not
terminate.
(c) Requirement for Use of Employment Eligibility Verification.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (3), any person or
other entity that hires any individual for employment in the
United States shall participate in the Employment Eligibility
Verification System.
(2) Sanctions for noncompliance; continuation of current
compliance authority.--The provisions of paragraph (2) of
section 402(e) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of Public Law 104-208; 8
U.S.C. 1324a note) shall apply with respect to a person or
entity required to participate in the Employment Eligibility
Verification System in the same manner as such paragraph
applies to a person or entity required to participate under
such subsection.
(3) Phasing-in of requirement.--Subject to paragraph (2),
the requirement of paragraph (1) shall only apply to persons
and other entities as follows:
(A) As of the date that is 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, such requirement shall apply
only to a person or other entity that employs more than
10,000 individuals in the United States.
(B) As of the date that is 2 years after the date
of the enactment of this Act, such requirement shall
apply only to a person or other entity that employs
more than 5,000 individuals in the United States.
(C) As of the date that is 3 years after the date
of the enactment of this Act, such requirement shall
apply only to a person or other entity that employs
more than 1,000 individuals in the United States.
(D) As of the date that is 4 years after the date
of the enactment of this Act, such requirement shall
apply only to a person or other entity that employs
more than 500 individuals in the United States.
(E) As of the date that is 5 years after the date
of the enactment of this Act, such requirement shall
apply only to a person or other entity that employs
more than 250 individuals in the United States.
(F) As of the date that is 6 years after the date
of the enactment of this Act, such requirement shall
apply only to a person or other entity that employs
more than 100 individuals in the United States.
(G) As of the date that is 7 years after the date
of the enactment of this Act, such requirement shall
apply to any person or other entity that employs 1 or
more individuals in the United States.
(4) Voluntary participation of employers not subject to
requirement.--Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as
preventing a person or other entity that is not subject to the
requirement of paragraph (1) pursuant to paragraph (2) or (3)
from voluntarily participating in the Employment Eligibility
Verification System.
(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated such sums as may be required to carry out the Employment
Eligibility Verification System throughout the United States
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