Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Title: Legal Workforce Act
Subject: Immigration: Administrative remedies: Border security and unlawful immigration: Computer security and identity theft: Department of Homeland Security: Employee hiring: Executive agency funding and structure: Federal preemption: Foreign labor: Fraud offenses and financial crimes: Government information and archives: Government studies and investigations: Immigration status and procedures: Internet and video services: Licensing and registrations: Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor: Personnel records: Photography and imaging: Public contracts and procurement: State and local government operations: Telephone and wireless communication: Visas and passports
Description: Directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to create an electronic employment eligibility confirmation system modeled after and to replace the E-Verify system, which allows employers and recruiters to verify the immigration status of individuals. The bill also mandates the use of such a system, where currently only some employers, such as those with federal contracts, are required to use E-Verify. The bill specifies documents that can establish an individual's identity and employment authorization. During the period starting when a job offer is made until three business days after hiring, the individual must attest to his or her employment authorization, and the employer or recruiter must attest that it has examined the individual's required documents. Employers shall reverify certain types of employees who were not previously verified using E-verify. The Social Security Administration shall notify employees if their Social Security number has been used multiple times in an unusual manner. DHS shall establish programs for blocking and suspending misused numbers. Employers that are required to use the verification system shall not be liable for any employment-related action based on a good-faith reliance on the information from the system. The bill establishes a phased-in participation deadline for different categories of employers, including agricultural employers. The bill increases civil penalties related to hiring individuals without work authorization. It also preempts state laws relating to hiring and employment eligibility verification, but states may use their authority of business licensing to penalize employers for failing to comply with the bill's provisions.
Session: 117th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Last Action Date: March 1, 2021
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/78/all-info
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16 sponsors: Ken Calvert (R); Brian Babin (R); Mo Brooks (R); Steve Chabot (R); Rick Allen (R); Jeff Duncan (R); Debbie Lesko (R); Christopher Smith (R); Jody Hice (R); Larry Bucshon (R); Michael Burgess (R); Ralph Norman (R); John Carter (R); Tom Rice (R); Robert Good (R); Troy Nehls (R)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Mar 1 2021 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. |
| House | Jan 4 2021 | Introduced in House |
| House | Jan 4 2021 | Referred 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. |
| House | Jan 4 2021 | Referred 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. |
| House | Jan 4 2021 | Referred 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. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 18 2021 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship
There have not been any votes on this bill