US Congress House Bill 137 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 22-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-03-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Employment Eligibility Verification and Anti-Identity Theft Act - Directs the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration to notify a person or entity each time that the combination of name and Social Security account number it has submitted for an individual does not match Social Security Administration records. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (HS) to notify a person or entity each time that: (1) an immigration status or employment authorization document presented or referenced by an individual during the employment eligibility verification process was assigned to another person; or (2) there is no agency record that the document was assigned to any person. Directs the HS Secretary to establish a system, meeting specified requirements, for verifying an individual's identity and employment eligibility. Requires any person or entity that has received a discrepancy notice under this Act to verify the individual's employment authorization and identity through such system. Places the burden of resolving errors in the verification mechanism on the individual whose employment eligibility and identity have not been verified. Requires the individual to terminate any employment in the United States if a final nonverification is received. Requires the Commissioner of Social Security to provide the last known name, address, and location of a nonverified individual to the Secretary of Homeland Security. Provides for sanctions against employers who continue to employ an individual after receiving a final nonverification. Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to require any person or entity that receives written notice about more than 20 individuals in one calendar year to: (1) participate in a basic pilot project for employment eligibility confirmation; and (2) comply with specified terms and conditions. Provides for: (1) a remedy under the Federal Tort Claims Act for job dismissals occasioned by verification mechanism errors; and (2) protection from civil and criminal liability for persons or entities that take action in good faith on the basis of verification mechanism information.

Employment Eligibility Verification and Anti-Identity Theft Act

Rep. Todd Akin [R-MO]	Rep. Brian Bilbray [R-CA]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Dan Burton [R-IN]
Rep. John Campbell [R-CA]	Rep. David Dreier [R-CA]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Elton Gallegly [R-CA]
Rep. Phil Gingrey [R-GA]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Rep. John Linder [R-GA]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]
Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R-MI]	Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC]	Rep. Gary Miller [R-CA]
Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA]	Rep. Zach Wamp [R-TN]	Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]
Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-03-16		Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
2009-02-09		Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
2009-01-06		Referred to House Education and Labor
2009-01-06		Referred to House Ways and Means
2009-01-06		Referred to House Judiciary
2009-01-06		Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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/111th-congress/house-bill/137/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr137/BILLS-111hr137ih.pdf