To require employers to conduct employment eligibility verification.
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.
- IntroducedJan 4, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | Original | Jan 4, 2005 |
| R-CA | Darrell Issa | Original | Jan 4, 2005 |
| R-CA | David Dreier | Original | Jan 4, 2005 |
| R-CA | Duncan Hunter | Original | Jan 4, 2005 |
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | Original | Jan 4, 2005 |
| R-CA | Elton Gallegly | Original | Jan 4, 2005 |
| R-WI | F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Original | Jan 4, 2005 |
| R-CA | Gary G. Miller | Original | Jan 4, 2005 |
| R-CA | Jerry Lewis | Original | Jan 4, 2005 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Jan 4, 2005 |
| R-CA | Mary Bono | Original | Jan 4, 2005 |
| R-CA | Randy (Duke) Cunningham | Original | Jan 4, 2005 |
| R-CA | Howard P. "Buck" McKeon | Jan 6, 2005 | |
| R-TX | Lamar Smith | Feb 1, 2005 | |
| R-FL | Michael Bilirakis | Feb 1, 2005 | |
| R-AZ | John B. Shadegg | Mar 8, 2005 | |
| R-GA | Nathan Deal | Apr 12, 2005 | |
| R-CO | Thomas G. Tancredo | Apr 12, 2005 | |
| R-FL | Katherine Harris | Apr 18, 2005 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Apr 21, 2005 | |
| R-FL | Mark Foley | Apr 26, 2005 | |
| R-CA | Daniel E. Lungren | May 17, 2005 | |
| R-FL | Ginny Brown-Waite | Jun 8, 2005 | |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Jun 8, 2005 | |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Jun 16, 2005 | |
| R-VA | Virgil H. Goode Jr. | Jun 22, 2005 | |
| R-LA | Rodney Alexander | Jul 27, 2005 | |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Sep 27, 2005 | |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Oct 18, 2005 | |
| R-AL | Spencer Bachus | Oct 18, 2005 | |
| R-VA | Eric Cantor | Nov 2, 2005 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Dec 6, 2005 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Dec 6, 2005 | |
| R-CA | John Campbell | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| R-CA | Brian P. Bilbray | Jun 22, 2006 | |
| R-TN | Zach Wamp | Sep 7, 2006 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 4, 2005 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Sep 19, 2005 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jan 4, 2005 |
| Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee | Referred Feb 9, 2005 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 19, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
- Feb 9, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
- Jan 4, 2005Introduced in House
- 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 109-58 | IMMIGRANT EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION AND SMALL BUSINESS97 pages | Small Business Committee | Jun 27, 2006 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require employers to conduct employment eligibility verification.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 4, 2005Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.