Local Law Enforcement Restoration Act

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for no preemption of certain State and local laws regarding employment eligibility verification requirements.

9/20/2007--Introduced.
Local Law Enforcement Restoration Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to state that specified unlawful alien employment provisions shall not preempt any state or local law that imposes:
(1) employment eligibility verification requirements imposed upon employers or employees consistent with or in addition to employment eligibility verification requirements;
(2) civil or criminal penalties for violation of such state or local employment eligibility verification requirements;
(3) civil or criminal penalties for prohibited acts;
(4) licensing sanctions for violation of such state or local employment eligibility verification requirements;
(5) licensing sanctions for prohibited acts; or
(6) limitations on the private right to sue for up to treble damages. (Current law provides that such unlawful alien employment provisions shall preempt any state or local law imposing criminal or civil sanctions [other than through licensing or similar laws] upon those who employ, recruit or refer for a fee for employment, unauthorized aliens.) Applies such provisions to all applicable state or local laws that were enacted before, on, or after January 1, 2005.

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Sponsor

• David Weldon
• and 23 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. W. Akin [R, MO-2]
  • Rep. James Barrett [R, SC-3]
  • Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R, MD-6]
  • Rep. Brian Bilbray [R, CA-50]
  • Rep. Paul Broun [R, GA-10]
  • Rep. Dan Burton [R, IN-5]
  • Rep. John Campbell [R, CA-48]
  • Rep. Eric Cantor [R, VA-7]
  • David Davis
  • Thelma Drake
  • Tom Feeney
  • Rep. James Forbes [R, VA-4]
  • Rep. Scott Garrett [R, NJ-5]
  • Rep. John Gingrey [R, GA-11]
  • Virgil Goode
  • Rep. Jeff Miller [R, FL-1]
  • Rep. Sue Myrick [R, NC-9]
  • Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R, TX-19]
  • Rep. Mike Pence [R, IN-6]
  • Rep. Ted Poe [R, TX-2]
  • Thomas Tancredo
  • Rep. Zach Wamp [R, TN-3]
  • Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R, GA-3]
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Committees

• House Judiciary
• 1 more
  • House Judiciary
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.3612

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
September 20, 2007

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• Oct 12, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
• Introduced on Sep 20, 2007.
• Sep 20, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1945)
• Sep 20, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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Related Issue Areas:

• Immigration
• Actions and defenses
• Alien labor
• Criminal justice
• 15 more
• Employee selection
• Employers' liability
• Federal preemption
• Federal-local relations
• Federal-state relations
• Fines (Penalties)
• Illegal aliens
• Labor
• Law
• Licenses
• Local laws
• Punitive damages
• Recruiting of employees
• State and local government
• State laws

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