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Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act

USA118th CongressS-156| Senate 
| Updated: 1/31/2023
Chuck Grassley

Chuck Grassley

Republican Senator

Iowa

Cosponsors (14)
Joni Ernst (Republican)Tommy Tuberville (Republican)Katie Boyd Britt (Republican)Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican)Mike Lee (Republican)Tom Cotton (Republican)Roger F. Wicker (Republican)John Boozman (Republican)John Thune (Republican)Ted Cruz (Republican)James Lankford (Republican)John Kennedy (Republican)Ted Budd (Republican)Shelley Moore Capito (Republican)

Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act This bill expands the E-Verify program by requiring all employers to use it and permanently reauthorizes the program. Currently, E-Verify use is voluntary for most employers, although some states mandate its use. All employers must use E-Verify to confirm the identity and employment eligibility of all recruited, referred, or hired individuals, including current employees who were never verified under the program. Failure to use E-Verify shall create a rebuttable presumption that the employer is violating immigration law. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services must generate weekly reports about individuals who have received a final nonconfirmation of employment eligibility. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must use the report to enforce immigration laws. DHS must establish a program to help certain small businesses verify employee eligibility. DHS shall also update E-Verify's design to help prevent and detect fraud and identity theft. The bill increases civil and criminal penalties for hiring non-U.S. nationals ( aliens under federal law) who are not authorized to work. DHS must debar repeat offenders and those criminally convicted from holding federal contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements. The Social Security Administration, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, and DHS must jointly establish a program to share information to help identify non-U.S. nationals who are not authorized to work. The bill establishes the Employer Compliance Inspection Center within Homeland Security Investigations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The center's duties include processing I-9 employment eligibility verification forms and ensuring compliance with employment eligibility laws. DHS must report to Congress on ways to simplify procedures relating to I-9 forms and on whether the I-9 process should be eliminated.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-556
Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-71
Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act
Jan 31, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Jan 31, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-556
    Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-71
    Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act


  • January 31, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • January 31, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Immigration

Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act

USA118th CongressS-156| Senate 
| Updated: 1/31/2023
Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act This bill expands the E-Verify program by requiring all employers to use it and permanently reauthorizes the program. Currently, E-Verify use is voluntary for most employers, although some states mandate its use. All employers must use E-Verify to confirm the identity and employment eligibility of all recruited, referred, or hired individuals, including current employees who were never verified under the program. Failure to use E-Verify shall create a rebuttable presumption that the employer is violating immigration law. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services must generate weekly reports about individuals who have received a final nonconfirmation of employment eligibility. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must use the report to enforce immigration laws. DHS must establish a program to help certain small businesses verify employee eligibility. DHS shall also update E-Verify's design to help prevent and detect fraud and identity theft. The bill increases civil and criminal penalties for hiring non-U.S. nationals ( aliens under federal law) who are not authorized to work. DHS must debar repeat offenders and those criminally convicted from holding federal contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements. The Social Security Administration, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, and DHS must jointly establish a program to share information to help identify non-U.S. nationals who are not authorized to work. The bill establishes the Employer Compliance Inspection Center within Homeland Security Investigations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The center's duties include processing I-9 employment eligibility verification forms and ensuring compliance with employment eligibility laws. DHS must report to Congress on ways to simplify procedures relating to I-9 forms and on whether the I-9 process should be eliminated.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-556
Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-71
Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act
Jan 31, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Jan 31, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-556
    Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-71
    Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act


  • January 31, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • January 31, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Chuck Grassley

Chuck Grassley

Republican Senator

Iowa

Cosponsors (14)
Joni Ernst (Republican)Tommy Tuberville (Republican)Katie Boyd Britt (Republican)Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican)Mike Lee (Republican)Tom Cotton (Republican)Roger F. Wicker (Republican)John Boozman (Republican)John Thune (Republican)Ted Cruz (Republican)James Lankford (Republican)John Kennedy (Republican)Ted Budd (Republican)Shelley Moore Capito (Republican)

Judiciary Committee

Immigration

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted