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H.R. 142 111th Congress House

Enforce Immigration Law Act of 2009

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the Secretary of the Treasury to notify the Secretary of Homeland Security of employer returns showing th… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the Secretary of the Treasury to notify the Secretary of Homeland Security of employer returns showing the employment of individuals not authorized to be employed in the United States, to notify the employers that they must terminate the employment of those employees, to provide an opportunity for those employees to contest the information, and to establish a procedure for determining whether individuals who are not authorized to be employed in the United States are so employed.

Introduced: January 6, 2009 See on congress.gov
Taxation Administrative remediesBorder security and unlawful immigrationDepartment of the TreasuryEmployment discrimination and employee rights
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Foreign laborGovernment information and archivesTax administration and collection, taxpayersVisas and passports
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 16, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Mar 16, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Jan 6, 2009
Referred to House Judiciary
Jan 6, 2009
Referred to House Education and Labor
Jan 6, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and the Judiciary, 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 Ways and Means
Jan 6, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 16, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Enforce Immigration Law Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) notify the Secretary of Homeland Security if an employee's tax identification number indicates that such employee is not authorized to be employed in the United States; (2) inform such an employee's employer and require that such employee be terminated within 30 days; and (3) grant such employee the right to contest the accuracy of the Secretary's notice.

Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to request from the Secretary of the Treasury annually information, including tax identification numbers, on individuals who are no longer authorized to be employed in the United States. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) disclose such information to officers and employees of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for enforcement of the immigration laws; and (2) notify the employer and require that such employee be terminated within 30 days. Grants an affected employee the right to contest the accuracy of the Secretary's notice and the determination that such employee is not authorized to be employed in the United States.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 142: Enforce Immigration Law Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-142/
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