To require employers to conduct employment eligibility verification.
Latest action · Mar 6, 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
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 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 28, 2009 to Mar 10, 2009.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | Elton Gallegly | Jan 28, 2009 | |
| R-WI | F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Jan 28, 2009 | |
| R-CA | Gary G. Miller | Jan 28, 2009 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Jan 28, 2009 | |
| R-CA | Mary Bono | Jan 28, 2009 | |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Jan 28, 2009 | |
| R-CA | David Dreier | Feb 4, 2009 | |
| R-CA | Duncan Hunter | Feb 4, 2009 | |
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | Feb 4, 2009 | |
| R-CA | Jerry Lewis | Feb 4, 2009 | |
| R-CO | Mike Coffman | Mar 10, 2009 |
Committees 3
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 6, 2009 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Feb 9, 2009 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jan 6, 2009 |
| Workforce Protections Subcommittee | Referred Mar 6, 2009 | |
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Exchange of letters Sep 22, 2010 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 6, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- Feb 9, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
- Jan 6, 2009Introduced in House
- Jan 6, 2009Referred to House Judiciary
- Jan 6, 2009Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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
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 6, 2009Introduced 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.
