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To require employers to conduct employment eligibility verification.

Introduced: January 6, 2009 Introduced by: Calvert, Ken Republican · California See on congress.gov
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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 6, 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

Renames the basic employment eligibility verification pilot program established under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 as the Employment Eligibility Verification System.

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide for permanent nationwide implementation of the System.

Requires entities hiring individuals for employment in the United States to participate in such System. Phases in compliance requirements over a seven-year period according to the number of persons employed by the entity. Establishes sanctions for noncompliance. Provides for voluntary participation by entities not required to participate.

What's happening now March 6, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Jan 28, 2009
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McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Jan 28, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 19: To require employers to conduct employment eligibility verification.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-19/
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