US Congress House Bill 1772 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 33-1)
Status: Introduced on April 26 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-12-16 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 508.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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. Establishes a phased-in EEVS participation deadline (six months to two years) for different categories of employers, including agricultural employers. 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, and (2) suspend or limit the use of social security numbers of victims of identity fraud. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a program under which parents or legal guardians may suspend or limit the use of the social security account number or other identifying information of a minor for the purposes of the employment eligibility verification system, and (2) establish an Identity Authentication Employment Eligibility Verification pilot program to provide employers with identity authentication and employment verification of enrolled new employees.

Legal Workforce Act

Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]	Rep. Spencer Bachus [R-AL]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]
Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]	Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. Jason Chaffetz [R-UT]
Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]
Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Rep. Trey Gowdy [R-SC]
Rep. Ralph Hall [R-TX]	Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]	Rep. George Holding [R-NC]	Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA]
Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Jack Kingston [R-GA]	Rep. Raul Labrador [R-ID]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]
Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]	Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]
Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]
Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-16	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 508.
2014-12-16	House	Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged.
2014-12-16	House	Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
2014-12-16	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 113-677, Part I.
2013-06-26	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 9.
2013-06-26	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2013-06-25	House	Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security Discharged.
2013-06-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
2013-05-16	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2013-05-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2013-04-26	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2013-04-26	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2013-04-26	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2013-04-26	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1772/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr1772/BILLS-113hr1772ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr1772/BILLS-113hr1772rh.pdf