Calling on the Governor of the State of Illinois to defend the right of employers to employee verification.

9/27/2007--Introduced.
Supports:
(1) the basic right of every employer in the United States to verify a potential employee's legal status; and
(2) the bipartisan Basic Pilot Program as an effective tool giving employers the ability to verify potential employees' legal status. Calls on:
(1) the Illinois legislature to repeal Illinois Public Act 095-0138, which violates federal law by denying employers the right to verify potential employees' legal status; and
(2) the Governor of Illinois to file an amicus brief in the case of United States v. Illinois supporting the plaintiff's conclusion that Illinois Public Act 095-0138 violates the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution.

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Sponsor

• Rep. Mark Kirk [R, IL-10]
• and 4 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Judy Biggert [R, IL-13]
  • Ray LaHood
  • Rep. Peter Roskam [R, IL-6]
  • Rep. John Shimkus [R, IL-19]
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Committees

• House Judiciary
• 2 more
  • House Education and Labor
  • House Judiciary
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.Res.685

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Introduced		Voted on by House
September 27, 2007

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• Oct 12, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
• Introduced on Sep 27, 2007.
• Sep 27, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2011)
• Sep 27, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
• Sep 27, 2007: Referred to House Education and Labor
• Sep 27, 2007: Referred to House Judiciary

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Related Issue Areas:

• Labor
• Actions and defenses
• Alien labor
• Constitution
• 15 more
• Constitutional law
• Electronic data interchange
• Electronic government information
• Employee selection
• Government information
• Government publicity
• Illegal aliens
• Illinois
• Immigration
• Law
• Parties to actions
• State and local government
• State laws
• Technology
• Telecommunication

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