Stop the Misuse of ITINs Act of 2007
Latest action · May 18, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Stop the Misuse of ITINs Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) notify the Secretary of Homeland Security of any employer tax return which shows wages paid to an employee who is not authorized to be employed in the United States; and (2) provide a written notice to the employer and employee involved that such employment is illegal and must be terminated within 30 days after the date of said notice. Allows any employee who receives a notice to contest such notice and provide documentation substantiating such employee's claimed authorization to work in the United States.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 5, 2007 to Feb 25, 2008.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| R-IN | Mark E. Souder | Jun 7, 2007 | |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Oct 2, 2007 | |
| R-WI | F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Nov 14, 2007 | |
| R-VA | Virgil H. Goode Jr. | Feb 13, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Nick Lampson | Feb 25, 2008 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 6, 2007 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Feb 6, 2007 |
| Workforce Protections Subcommittee | Referred May 18, 2007 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 6, 2007 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Mar 1, 2007 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 18, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- Mar 1, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
- Feb 6, 2007Introduced in House
- Feb 6, 2007Referred 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.
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. 110-18 | PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRONIC EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION AND WORKSITE ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM169 pages | Judiciary Committee | Apr 26, 2007 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 850 | IRS Illegal Immigrant Information Act of 2007 | Related bill | May 18, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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 and 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 for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Stop the Misuse of ITINs Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
- Administrative remedies
- Alien labor
- Department of Homeland Security
- Dismissal of employees
- Electronic government information
- Employee rights
- Employers' liability
- Evidence (Law)
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Identification devices
- Illegal aliens
- Immigration
- Income tax
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Tax refunds
- Tax returns
- Taxation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 6, 2007Introduced 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.
