Immigration for a Competitive America Act of 2016
Latest action · Aug 19, 2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
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.
- IntroducedJun 7, 2016
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Immigration for a Competitive America Act of 2016
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to reduce the annual cap for family-sponsored immigrants and increase the annual cap for certain employment-sponsored immigrants.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall establish an employment eligibility verification system (EEVS), patterned after the E-Verify system. (The current paper-based I-9 system is eliminated.)
An employer shall verify that an individual is not an unauthorized alien by: (1) obtaining the individual's social security account number, and (2) examining an individual's identity and work authorization documents.
An individual shall attest that he or she is a U.S. citizen or national, a lawful permanent resident, or an alien authorized to work in the United States.
The bill establishes a phased-in EEVS participation deadline for different categories of employers, including agricultural employers.
The bill requires reverification of certain workers who have not been verified under E-verify.
An employer may voluntarily reverify employees.
Employment recruitment and referral are included within the scope of EEVS.
The bill provides for the establishment of programs to: (1) block the use of misused social security numbers, and (2) suspend or limit the use of social security numbers of victims of identity fraud.
DHS shall establish: (1) a program under which parents or legal guardians may suspend or limit the use of the social security account number or other identifying information of a minor for the purposes of the employment eligibility verification system, and (2) an Identity Authentication Employment Eligibility Verification pilot program to provide employers with identity authentication and employment verification of enrolled new employees.
The Internal Revenue Code is amended to: (1) deny an earned income tax credit and a child care credit to an alien receiving work authorization pursuant to a deferred removal action; and (2) require an individual to include his or her social security number on his or her tax return in order to receive a child tax credit.
The Department of State shall suspend all U.S. foreign assistance to Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, except for assistance under the international narcotic control law enforcement program.
The annual H-2B visa (temporary nonagricultural workers) cap is increased.
A specified Department of Labor rule regarding temporary employment certification for nonimmigrant seasonal agricultural workers and enforcement of employer contractual obligations applicable to such workers shall cease to have effect and an earlier Labor rule relating to such matters shall resume effect.
No visa may be issued under this bill unless DHS certifies to Congress that the issuance of such visa would not result in a U.S. security threat.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 13, 2016.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TN | Scott DesJarlais | Sep 13, 2016 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 19, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
- Jun 16, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
- Jun 10, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- Jun 7, 2016Introduced in House
- Jun 7, 2016Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 439 | Illegal Entry Accountability Act of 2015 | Related bill | Jan 21, 2015 |
| HR 1147 | Legal Workforce Act | Related bill | Mar 27, 2015 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Administrative remedies
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Computer security and identity theft
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Homeland Security
- El Salvador
- Employee hiring
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal preemption
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Foreign labor
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Immigration
- Immigration status and procedures
- Income tax credits
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Latin America
- Licensing and registrations
- Mexico
- Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
- Personnel records
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Public contracts and procurement
- State and local government operations
- Tax treatment of families
- Telephone and wireless communication
- Visas and passports
- Wages and earnings
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 7, 2016Introduced in House
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