I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 19 
To require employers to conduct employment eligibility verification. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2009 
Mr. CALVERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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 juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require employers to conduct employment eligibility 
verification. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT FOR EMPLOYERS TO CONDUCT 
EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION. 
(a) RENAMING
OF BASIC PILOT PROGRAM.—The 
basic pilot program established under section 403(a) of 
the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsi-
bility Act of 1996 (division C of Public Law 104–208; 8 
U.S.C. 1324a note) is hereby renamed as the ‘‘Employ-
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ment Eligibility Verification System’’ (and is referred to 
in this section as such). 
(b) EXTENSION OF SCOPE OF PROGRAM.—The Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall provide for the imple-
mentation of the Employment Eligibility Verification Sys-
tem throughout the United States on a timely basis, con-
sistent with the implementation of subsection (c) and such 
System shall continue in operation permanently and shall 
not terminate. 
(c) REQUIREMENT FOR USE OF EMPLOYMENT ELIGI-
BILITY VERIFICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), 
any person or other entity that hires any individual 
for employment in the United States shall partici-
pate in the Employment Eligibility Verification Sys-
tem. 
(2) SANCTIONS
FOR
NONCOMPLIANCE; CON-
TINUATION
OF
CURRENT
COMPLIANCE
AUTHOR-
ITY.—The provisions of paragraph (2) of section 
402(e) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immi-
grant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of Pub-
lic Law 104–208; 8 U.S.C. 1324a note) shall apply 
with respect to a person or entity required to partici-
pate in the Employment Eligibility Verification Sys-
tem in the same manner as such paragraph applies 
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to a person or entity required to participate under 
such subsection. 
(3) PHASING-IN OF REQUIREMENT.—Subject to 
paragraph (2), the requirement of paragraph (1) 
shall only apply to persons and other entities as fol-
lows: 
(A) As of the date that is 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, such require-
ment shall apply only to a person or other enti-
ty that employs more than 10,000 individuals 
in the United States. 
(B) As of the date that is 2 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, such require-
ment shall apply only to a person or other enti-
ty that employs more than 5,000 individuals in 
the United States. 
(C) As of the date that is 3 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, such require-
ment shall apply only to a person or other enti-
ty that employs more than 1,000 individuals in 
the United States. 
(D) As of the date that is 4 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, such require-
ment shall apply only to a person or other enti-
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