Enforce Immigration Law Act of 2009
Latest action · Mar 16, 2009 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.
- 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.
Committees 4
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 Jan 6, 2009 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jan 6, 2009 |
| Workforce Protections Subcommittee | Referred Mar 16, 2009 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 6, 2009 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Mar 16, 2009 | |
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Exchange of letters Sep 22, 2010 |
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 Ways and Means
- Jan 6, 2009Referred 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.
- Jan 6, 2009Referred to House Education and Labor
- Jan 6, 2009Referred to House Judiciary
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, 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 to establish a procedure for determining whether individuals who are not authorized to be employed in the United States are so employed.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Enforce Immigration Law Act of 2009
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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