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H.R. 3429 106th Congress House

Legal Employment Authentication Program (LEAP) Act of 1999

Official title: To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to authorize the establishment of a voluntary legal employment authentication … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to authorize the establishment of a voluntary legal employment authentication program (LEAP) as a successor to the current pilot programs for employment eligibility confirmation.

Introduced: November 17, 1999 See on congress.gov
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Became law
Feb 9, 2000
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H258)
Dec 15, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Nov 17, 1999
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Nov 17, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 9, 2000

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H258)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Legal Employment Authentication Program (LEAP) Act of 1999 - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to replace current pilot programs for employment eligibility confirmation with a legal employment authentication program (LEAP) for employment eligibility confirmation.

Directs the Attorney General to establish such LEAP program, which shall be voluntary except for the Federal Government, independent agencies, and members and officers of Congress, and legislative agency heads.

Sets forth program provisions.

Directs the Attorney General to establish an employment eligibility confirmation system, which shall include specified responsibilities of the Commissioner of Social Security and of the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Authorizes appropriations.

Sunsets the citizen attestation and machine readable-document pilot programs as of a certain date.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3429: Legal Employment Authentication Program (LEAP) Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3429/
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"H.R. 3429: Legal Employment Authentication Program (LEAP) Act of 1999." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3429/.
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H.R. 3429, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3429/.
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