U.S. Congress - H.R.2164 Legal Workforce Act
H.R.2164 - Legal Workforce Act
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make mandatory and permanent requirements relating to use of an electronic employment eligibility verification system, and for other purposes. view all titles (2)
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- Official: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make mandatory and permanent requirements relating to use of an electronic employment eligibility verification system, and for other purposes. as introduced.
- Short: Legal Workforce Act as introduced.
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Official Summary
6/14/2011--Introduced.Legal Workforce Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an employment eligibility verification system (EEVS), patterned after the E-Verify system. (Eliminates the current paper-based I-9 system.)Official Summary
6/14/2011--Introduced.Legal Workforce Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an employment eligibility verification system (EEVS), patterned after the E-Verify system. (Eliminates the current paper-based I-9 system.) Requires an employer to attest, during the verification period and under penalty of perjury, that the employer has verified that an individual is not an unauthorized alien by:(1) obtaining and recording the individual's social security account number, and
(2) examining specified documents that establish such individual's identity and employment authorization. Requires an individual to 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. Subjects an individual who knowingly uses the social security number or other identification of another person to fine and/or imprisonment. Establishes a phased-in EEVS participation deadline (six months to two years) for different categories of employers, including agricultural employers. (Exempts from verification requirements seasonal agricultural workers who return to work for a previous employer.) Requires reverification of the following workers who have not been verified under E-verify:
(1) federal, state, or local government employees;
(2) certain employees who require a federal security clearance; and
(3) certain employees assigned to work in the United States under a federal or state contract. Authorizes an employer to voluntarily reverify employees. (Requires any such reverification to be applied to all individuals so employed). Includes employment recruitment and referral within the scope of EEVS. Requires EEVS use by union halls and nonprofit employment agencies. Requires EEVS to provide employers with:
(1) temporary verification or nonverification within 3 working days of an inquiry; and
(2) in the case of nonverification, a final verification or nonverification within 10 working days. Sets forth provisions regarding:
(1) an employer utilizing a good faith defense,
(2) preemption of state or local law,
(3) employer penalties, and
(4) worker remedies for EEVS errors. Provides for the establishment of programs to:
(1) block the use of misused social security numbers,
(2) suspend or limit the use of social security numbers of victims of identity fraud, and
(3) block the use of the social security numbers of certain aliens who are under order of removal, voluntarily depart, or have an expired work authorization.
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Organizations Supporting H.R.2164
- International Franchise Association
- Associated General Contractors of America
- National Association of Home Builders
- American Hotel and Lodging Association
- Tree Care Industry Association
- Federation for American Immigration Reform
- ...and 18 more. See all.
Organizations Opposing H.R.2164
- National Association of Counties
- Center for American Progress
- Gun Owners of America
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- National Council of La Raza
- Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
- ...and 122 more. See all.
Recent News Coverage
Senate Judiciary Committee Takes Up Arizona 1070 Law
In July of 2011, the leaders of 64 agriculture associations wrote Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas asking him to not hear H.R. 2164 stating it threatened $5B to $9B in annual agriculture production and hundreds of thousands of upstream and downstream jobs.
E-Verify Holds Hiring Hope for Firms. Or Does It? Employers Tell Pros and Cons
In June, Rep. Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican, introduced the Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 2164). This bill would establish an employment eligibility verification system patterned after the Department of Homeland Security's "E-Verify" approach, and ...
Ellis Hunt, Jr. — Labor issues a top priority
...for most growers. The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee is expected to soon consider an E-Verify bill, H.R.2164, called the Legal Workforce Act, introduced by the committee’s chair, Lamar Smith (R-TX). Smith calls it, “a bill that
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Lamar Smith of Texas asking him to not hear H.R. 2164 stating it threatened $5B to $9B in annual agriculture production and hundreds of thousands of upstream and downstream jobs. Given the experiences of the other ...
Senate Judiciary Committee Takes Up Arizona 1070 Law | Texas ...
Lamar Smith of Texas asking him to not hear H.R. 2164 stating it threatened $5B to $9B in annual agriculture production and hundreds of thousands of upstream and downstream jobs. Given the experiences of the other ...
Senate Judiciary Committee Takes Up Arizona 1070 Law | Cafe Con ...
Lamar Smith of Texas asking him to not hear H.R. 2164 stating it threatened $5B to $9B in annual agriculture production and hundreds of thousands of upstream and downstream jobs. Given the experiences of the other ...
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DPW
September 17, 2011
I am writing as your constituent in the 7th Congressional district of Arizona. I support H.R.2164 - Legal Workforce Act, and am tracking it using OpenCongress.org, the free public resource website for government transparency and accountability.
Sincerely,
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September 06, 2011
I am writing as your constituent in the 7th Congressional district of Arizona. I support H.R.2164 - Legal Workforce Act, and am tracking it using OpenCongress.org, the free public resource website for government transparency and accountability.
Sincerely,
Carrie Gleason
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