Enforce Immigration Law Act of 2009
Latest action · Mar 16, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Progress
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- IntroducedJan 6, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 16, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
- Mar 16, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- Jan 6, 2009Introduced in House
- Jan 6, 2009Referred to House Education and Labor
- Jan 6, 2009Referred to House Judiciary
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 6, 2009Introduced in House
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