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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.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Basic Pilot Program 

5 Extension and Expansion Act of 2003’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PROGRAMS. 

2 Section 401(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 

3 Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a 

4 note) is amended by striking ‘‘6-year period’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘11-year period’’. 

6 SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF THE BASIC PILOT PROGRAM. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 401(c)(1) of the Illegal 

8 Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 

9 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended by striking ‘‘in,’’ 

10 and all that follows through the semicolon and inserting 

11 ‘‘in all States;’’. 

12 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 402(c) of 

13 the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsi14 bility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended—

15 (1) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘or entity 

16 electing—’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(ii) the cit17 izen attestation pilot program’’ and inserting ‘‘or en18 tity electing the citizen attestation pilot program’’; 

19 (2) by striking paragraph (3); and 

20 (3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para21 graph (3).

22 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

23 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Basic Pilot Program 

24 Extension and Expansion Act of 2003’’. 
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•S 1685 RS 

1 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PROGRAMS. 

2 Section 401(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 

3 Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a 

4 note) is amended by striking ‘‘6-year period’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘11-year period’’. 

6 SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF THE BASIC PILOT PROGRAM. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 401(c)(1) of the Illegal Im8 migration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 

9 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended by inserting after 

10 ‘‘United States’’ the following: ‘‘, and the Secretary of 

11 Homeland Security shall expand the operation of the pro12 gram to all 50 States not later than December 1, 2004’’. 

13 (b) REPORT.—Section 405 of the Illegal Immigration 

14 Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 

15 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended—

16 (1) by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting: 

17 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The’’, and 

18 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub19 section: 

20 ‘‘(b) REPORT ON EXPANSION.—Not later than June 1, 

21 2004, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to 

22 the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Represent23 atives and the Senate a report—

24 ‘‘(1) evaluating whether the problems identified 

25 by the report submitted under subsection (a) have 

26 been substantially resolved; and 
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1 ‘‘(2) describing what actions the Secretary of 

2 Homeland Security shall take before undertaking the 

3 expansion of the basic pilot program to all 50 States 

4 in accordance with section 401(c)(1), in order to re5 solve any outstanding problems raised in the report 

6 filed under subsection (a).’’ 

7 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 402(c) of the 

8 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 

9 Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended—

10 (1) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘or entity 

11 electing—’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(ii) the cit12 izen attestation pilot program’’ and inserting ‘‘or en13 tity electing the citizen attestation pilot program’’; 

14 (2) by striking paragraph (3); and 

15 (3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para16 graph (3). 

17 (d) ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING

18 AMENDMENTS.—Title IV of the Illegal Immigration Reform 

19 and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a 

20 note) is amended by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each place 

21 that term appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland 

22 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