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[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1685 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 374
108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1685

To extend and expand the basic pilot program for employment eligibility 
                 verification, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 30 (legislative day, September 29), 2003

 Mr. Grassley  (for himself, Mr. Kyl, and Mr. Kennedy) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

                            November 6, 2003

                Reported by Mr. Hatch, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
To extend and expand the basic pilot program for employment eligibility 
                 verification, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Basic Pilot Program 
Extension and Expansion Act of 2003''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PROGRAMS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 401(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended 
by striking ``6-year period'' and inserting ``11-year 
period''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF THE BASIC PILOT PROGRAM.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Section 401(c)(1) of the Illegal 
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 
1324a note) is amended by striking ``in,'' and all that follows through 
the semicolon and inserting ``in all States;''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 402(c) of the Illegal 
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 
1324a note) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``or entity 
        electing--'' and all that follows through ``(ii) the citizen 
        attestation pilot program'' and inserting ``or entity electing 
        the citizen attestation pilot program'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by striking paragraph (3); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph 
        (3).</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Basic Pilot Program Extension and 
Expansion Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PROGRAMS.

    Section 401(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended by striking 
``6-year period'' and inserting ``11-year period''.

SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF THE BASIC PILOT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 401(c)(1) of the Illegal Immigration 
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) 
is amended by inserting after ``United States'' the following: ``, and 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall expand the operation of the 
program to all 50 States not later than December 1, 2004''.
    (b) Report.--Section 405 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The'' and inserting:
    ``(a) In General.--The'', and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) Report on Expansion.--Not later than June 1, 2004, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committees on the 
Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report--
            ``(1) evaluating whether the problems identified by the 
        report submitted under subsection (a) have been substantially 
        resolved; and
            ``(2) describing what actions the Secretary of Homeland 
        Security shall take before undertaking the expansion of the 
        basic pilot program to all 50 States in accordance with section 
        401(c)(1), in order to resolve any outstanding problems raised 
        in the report filed under subsection (a).''
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--Section 402(c) of the Illegal 
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 
1324a note) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``or entity electing--
        '' and all that follows through ``(ii) the citizen attestation 
        pilot program'' and inserting ``or entity electing the citizen 
        attestation pilot program'';
            (2) by striking paragraph (3); and
            (3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).
    (d) Additional Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Title IV of 
the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 
(8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended by striking ``Attorney General'' each 
place that term appears and inserting ``Secretary of Homeland 
Security''.

                                                       Calendar No. 374

108th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1685

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To extend and expand the basic pilot program for employment eligibility 
                 verification, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            November 6, 2003

                       Reported with an amendment
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