To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to authorize the establishment of a voluntary legal employment authentication program (LEAP) as a successor to the current pilot programs for employment eligibility confirmation.
Directs the Attorney General to establish such LEAP program, which shall be voluntary except for the Federal Government, independent agencies, and members and officers of Congress, and legislative agency heads.
Sets forth program provisions.
Directs the Attorney General to establish an employment eligibility confirmation system, which shall include specified responsibilities of the Commissioner of Social Security and of the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Authorizes appropriations.
Sunsets the citizen attestation and machine readable-document pilot programs as of a certain date.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H258)
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