‘‘(6) RESPONSIBILITIES
OF
SECRETARY
OF 
HOMELAND SECURITY.—As part of the verification 
system, the Secretary of Homeland Security (in con-
sultation with any designee of the Secretary selected 
to establish and administer the verification system), 
shall establish a reliable, secure method, which, with-
in the time periods specified under paragraphs (2) 
and (3), compares the name and alien identification 
or authorization number (or any other information 
as determined relevant by the Secretary) which are 
provided in an inquiry against such information 
maintained or accessed by the Secretary in order to 
validate (or not validate) the information provided, 
the correspondence of the name and number, wheth-
er the alien is authorized to be employed in the 
United States, or to the extent that the Secretary 
determines to be feasible and appropriate, whether 
the records available to the Secretary verify the 
identity or status of a national of the United States. 
‘‘(7) OFFENSES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any person or entity 
that, in making an inquiry under subsection 
(b)(1)(C)(i)(II), provides to the verification sys-
tem a social security account number or an 
identification or authorization number estab-
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lished by the Secretary of Homeland Security 
that belongs to a person other than the indi-
vidual whose identity and employment author-
ization are being verified, knowing that the 
number does not belong to the individual whose 
identity and employment authorization are 
being verified, shall be fined under title 18, 
United States Code, imprisoned not less than 1 
year and not more than 15 years, or both. If 
the person or entity, in making an inquiry 
under subsection (b)(1)(C)(i)(II), during and in 
relation to any felony violation enumerated in 
section 1028A(c) of title 18, United States 
Code, provides to the verification system a so-
cial security account number or an identifica-
tion or authorization number established by the 
Secretary of Homeland Security that belongs to 
a person other than the individual whose iden-
tity and employment authorization are being 
verified, knowing that the number does not be-
long to the individual whose identity and work 
authorization are being verified, in addition to 
the punishment provided for such felony, shall 
be fined under title 18, United States Code, im-
prisoned for a term of 2 years, or both. 
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‘‘(B) CONSECUTIVE SENTENCE.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law— 
‘‘(i) a court shall not place on proba-
tion any person or entity convicted of a 
violation of this paragraph; 
‘‘(ii) except as provided in clause (iv), 
no term of imprisonment imposed on a 
person or entity under this section shall 
run concurrently with any other term of 
imprisonment imposed on the person or en-
tity under any other provision of law, in-
cluding any term of imprisonment imposed 
for the felony enumerated in section 
1028A(c) of title 18, United States Code, 
during which the violation of this para-
graph occurred; 
‘‘(iii) in determining any term of im-
prisonment to be imposed for the felony 
enumerated in section 1028A(c) of title 18, 
United States Code, during which the vio-
lation of this section occurred, a court 
shall not in any way reduce the term to be 
imposed for such crime so as to com-
pensate for, or otherwise take into account, 
any separate term of imprisonment im-
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posed or to be imposed for a violation of 
this paragraph; and 
‘‘(iv) a term of imprisonment imposed 
on a person or entity for a violation of this 
paragraph may, in the discretion of the 
court, run concurrently, in whole or in 
part, only with another term of imprison-
ment that is imposed by the court at the 
same time on that person or entity for an 
additional violation of this paragraph, ex-
cept that such discretion shall be exercised 
in accordance with any applicable guide-
lines and policy statements issued by the 
United States Sentencing Commission pur-
suant to section 994 of title 28, United 
States Code. 
‘‘(8) UPDATING INFORMATION.—The Commis-
sioner of Social Security and the Secretary of Home-
land Security shall update their information in a 
manner that promotes the maximum accuracy and 
shall provide a process for the prompt correction of 
erroneous information, including instances in which 
it is brought to their attention in the secondary 
verification process described in paragraph (3). 
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‘‘(9) 
LIMITATION
ON
USE
OF
THE 
VERIFICATION
SYSTEM
AND
ANY
RELATED
SYS-
TEMS.— 
‘‘(A) 
NO
NATIONAL
IDENTIFICATION 
CARD.—Nothing in this section shall be con-
strued to authorize, directly or indirectly, the 
issuance or use of national identification cards 
or the establishment of a national identification 
card. 
‘‘(B) CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE.—The 
Secretary may authorize or direct any person or 
entity responsible for granting access to, pro-
tecting, securing, operating, administering, or 
regulating part of the critical infrastructure (as 
defined in section 1016(e) of the Critical Infra-
structure Protection Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 
5195c(e))) to use the verification system to the 
extent the Secretary determines that such use 
will assist in the protection of the critical infra-
structure.’’. 
SEC. 103. RECRUITMENT, REFERRAL, AND CONTINUATION 
OF EMPLOYMENT. 
(a) ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO RULES FOR RECRUIT-
MENT, REFERRAL, AND CONTINUATION
OF EMPLOY-
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MENT.—Section 274A(a) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘for a fee’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by amending subpara-
graph (B) to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) to hire, continue to employ, or to re-
cruit or refer for employment in the United 
States an individual without complying with the 
requirements of subsection (b).’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘after hiring 
an alien for employment in accordance with para-
graph (1),’’ and inserting ‘‘after complying with 
paragraph (1),’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘hiring,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘hiring, employing,’’ each place it appears. 
(b) DEFINITION.—Section 274A(h) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)), as amended 
by section 101(b) of this Act, is further amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) DEFINITION OF RECRUIT OR REFER.—As 
used in this section, the term ‘refer’ means the act 
of sending or directing a person who is in the United 
States or transmitting documentation or information 
to another, directly or indirectly, with the intent of 
obtaining employment in the United States for such 
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