Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011
Latest action · Feb 28, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
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 18, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011- Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the E-Verify Program (Program) permanent and mandatory.
Directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a study of methods to combat Program document fraud.
Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to take specified actions to enhance the E-Verify employer monitoring and compliance team within U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Directs the Commissioner of Social Security (SSA) to: (1) to notify an individual that wages from two or more employers are being reported under the individual's social security account number (SSN), and (2) promulgate regulations to require that information regarding all multiple use notifications that lead to the identification of an unauthorized user of a SSN be shared with the Secretary.
Directs DHS to: (1) report to the state agency that administers unemployment benefits regarding jobs that have potentially been made available by evidence of an employee being dismissed for Program non-confirmation, and (2) display on the Program's Internet home page as "Recovered Jobs" the total number of jobs by month and year reported to the states and a link to the total number of jobs reported to each state by month and year.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) penalize specified employers for failure to correct information returns; and (2) prohibit employers from deducting from gross income wages paid to unauthorized aliens, with an exception for an employer participating in the Program.
Directs the Commissioner, the Secretary, and the Secretary of the Treasury to jointly establish a program to share information that may lead to the identification of unauthorized aliens.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, upon request from the Commissioner or the Secretary, to disclose: (1) taxpayer identity information of employers who paid wages with respect to which a deduction was not allowed because of illegal payments or because of being paid to unauthorized aliens, and (2) taxpayer identity information of individuals to whom such wages were paid.
Cosponsors 30
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 18, 2011 to Sep 15, 2011, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NC | Heath Shuler | Original | Feb 18, 2011 |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Original | Feb 18, 2011 |
| D-NC | Mike McIntyre | Original | Feb 18, 2011 |
| R-MO | Billy Long | Mar 2, 2011 | |
| R-FL | C. W. Bill Young | Mar 2, 2011 | |
| R-CO | Mike Coffman | Mar 2, 2011 | |
| R-GA | Phil Gingrey | Mar 2, 2011 | |
| R-FL | Richard B. Nugent | Mar 2, 2011 | |
| R-NC | Sue Wilkins Myrick | Mar 2, 2011 | |
| R-FL | Allen B. West | Mar 8, 2011 | |
| R-MI | Candice S. Miller | Mar 8, 2011 | |
| R-CA | Gary G. Miller | Mar 8, 2011 | |
| R-NV | Joseph J. Heck | Mar 8, 2011 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Mar 8, 2011 | |
| R-CA | Brian P. Bilbray | Mar 29, 2011 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 28, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
- Feb 18, 2011Introduced in House
- Feb 18, 2011Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Foreign labor
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government information and archives
- Income tax deductions
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Labor and Employment
- Social Security Administration
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
- Wages and earnings
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 18, 2011Introduced in House
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