Combat Illegal Immigration Through Employment Verification Act
Latest action · Jun 29, 2010 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.
- IntroducedMay 11, 2010
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Combat Illegal Immigration Through Employment Verification Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make employment of unauthorized aliens unlawful.
Sets forth provisions respecting: (1) employer document verification requirements; and (2) employment authorization and/or identity documents.
Sets forth employment eligibility verification system (EEVS) provisions.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide for the disclosure of certain taxpayer identity information to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to assist in immigration enforcement; and (2) increase specified penalties for employer failure to provide correct information returns.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish within the Criminal Investigation office of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) a unit to investigate tax-related violations related to the employment of unauthorized aliens.
Sets forth IRS and Social Security Administration (SSA) immigration-related enforcement provisions.
Provides for increases in worksite enforcement and immigration fraud detection personnel.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 May 11, 2010 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Jun 15, 2010 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 11, 2010 |
| Social Security Subcommittee | Referred May 17, 2010 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred May 11, 2010 |
| Workforce Protections Subcommittee | Referred Jun 29, 2010 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 29, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- Jun 15, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
- May 17, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
- May 11, 2010Introduced in House
- May 11, 2010Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To continue to prohibit the hiring, recruitment, or referral of unauthorized aliens, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Combat Illegal Immigration Through Employment Verification Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Department of the Treasury
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Foreign labor
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government information and archives
- Immigration
- Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 11, 2010Introduced in House
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