HR 138
111th Congress
House
Immigration
Border security and unlawful immigration
Foreign labor
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement
To require Federal contractors to participate in the basic pilot program for employment eligibility verification.
Introduced: January 6, 2009
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Everywhere this bill has been
6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 16, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Feb 9, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Jan 6, 2009
Referred to House Education and Labor
Jan 6, 2009
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.
Jan 6, 2009
Referred to House Judiciary
Jan 6, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to require federal contractors and subcontractors (as defined by this Act) to participate in the employment eligibility verification pilot program.
Directs the Attorney General to ensure that the pilot program is applied to all of the contractor's or subcontractor's employees and not just to those performing the contract or subcontract.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.