HR 19 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

To require employers to conduct employment eligibility verification.

Introduced Jan 4, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Ken Calvert R-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 19, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJan 4, 2005
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Cosponsors 36

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 4, 2005 to Sep 7, 2006, with 12 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-CADana RohrabacherOriginalJan 4, 2005
R-CADarrell IssaOriginalJan 4, 2005
R-CADavid DreierOriginalJan 4, 2005
R-CADuncan HunterOriginalJan 4, 2005
R-CAEdward R. RoyceOriginalJan 4, 2005
R-CAElton GalleglyOriginalJan 4, 2005
R-WIF. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.OriginalJan 4, 2005
R-CAGary G. MillerOriginalJan 4, 2005
R-CAJerry LewisOriginalJan 4, 2005
R-TNMarsha BlackburnOriginalJan 4, 2005
R-CAMary BonoOriginalJan 4, 2005
R-CARandy (Duke) CunninghamOriginalJan 4, 2005
R-CAHoward P. "Buck" McKeonJan 6, 2005
R-TXLamar SmithFeb 1, 2005
R-FLMichael BilirakisFeb 1, 2005
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Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 19, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
  2. Feb 9, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
  3. Jan 4, 2005Introduced in House
  4. Jan 4, 2005Referred 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.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.

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Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 4, 2005Introduced in House

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