A bill 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, 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.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H258)
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
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