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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 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 March 16, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Republican 5
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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Jul 20, 2009
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Jan 28, 2009
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Jan 22, 2009
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Jan 9, 2009
 R
McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Jan 7, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 138: To require Federal contractors to participate in the basic pilot program for employment eligibility verification.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-138/
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"H.R. 138: To require Federal contractors to participate in the basic pilot program for employment eligibility verification.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-138/.
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H.R. 138, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-138/.
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