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6 months after completion of the application pe-
riod described in section 101(c). 
(B) With respect to employers having 100 
or more employees in the United States (but less 
than 500 such employees) on the date of the en-
actment of this Act, on the date that is 9 months 
after completion of the application period de-
scribed in section 101(c). 
(C) With respect to employers having 20 or 
more employees in the United States (but less 
than 100 such employees) on the date of the en-
actment of this Act, on the date that is 12 
months after completion of the application pe-
riod described in section 101(c). 
(D) With respect to employers having 1 or 
more employees in the United States, (but less 
than 20 such employees) on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, on the date that is 15 months 
after completion of the application period de-
scribed in section 101(c). 
(2) RECRUITING
AND
REFERRING.—Subsection 
(a) shall apply to a person or entity recruiting or re-
ferring an individual for agricultural employment in 
the United States on the date that is 12 months after 
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completion of the application period described in sec-
tion 101(c). 
(3) TRANSITION
RULE.—Except as required 
under subtitle A of title IV of the Illegal Immigration 
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 
U.S.C. 1324a note) (as in effect on the day before the 
effective date described in section 303(a)(4)), Execu-
tive Order 13465 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note; relating to 
Government procurement), or any State law requir-
ing persons or entities to use the E–Verify Program 
described in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration 
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 
U.S.C. 1324a note) (as in effect on the day before the 
effective date described in section 303(a)(4)), sections 
274A and 274B of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a and 1324b) shall apply to a per-
son or entity hiring, recruiting, or referring an indi-
vidual for employment in the United States until the 
applicable effective date under this subsection. 
(4) E–VERIFY VOLUNTARY USERS AND OTHERS 
DESIRING EARLY COMPLIANCE.—Nothing in this sub-
section shall be construed to prohibit persons or enti-
ties, including persons or entities that have volun-
tarily elected to participate in the E–Verify Program 
described in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration 
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Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 
U.S.C. 1324a note) (as in effect on the day before the 
effective date described in section 303(a)(4)), from 
seeking early compliance on a voluntary basis. 
(c) RURAL ACCESS TO SECONDARY REVIEW PROC-
ESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security and the Commissioner of Social Security 
shall coordinate with the Secretary of Agriculture to 
create an alternate process for an individual to con-
test a tentative nonconfirmation as described in sec-
tion 274E(b)(4)(D) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act, as inserted by section 301 of this Act, by 
appearing in-person at a local office or service center 
of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or at a local 
office of the U.S. Social Security Administration. 
(2) STAFFING AND RESOURCES.—The Secretary 
of Agriculture and Commissioner of Social Security 
shall ensure that local offices and service centers of the 
U.S. Department of Agriculture and local offices of 
the U.S. Social Security Administration are staffed 
appropriately and have the resources necessary to re-
ceive in-person requests for secondary review of a ten-
tative nonconfirmation under paragraph (1) from in-
dividuals and to facilitate the secondary review proc-
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ess by serving as a single point of contact between the 
individual and the Department of Homeland Security 
and the Social Security Administration. 
(d) DOCUMENT
ESTABLISHING
EMPLOYMENT
AU-
THORIZATION AND IDENTITY.—In accordance with section 
274E(b)(3)(A)(vii) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act, as inserted by section 301 of this Act, and not later 
than 12 months after the completion of the application pe-
riod described in section 101(c) of this Act, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall recognize documentary evidence 
of certified agricultural worker status described in section 
102(a)(2) of this Act as valid proof of employment author-
ization and identity for purposes of section 274E(b)(3)(A) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as inserted by sec-
tion 301 of this Act. 
(e) AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT.—For purposes of 
this section, the term ‘‘agricultural employment’’ means ag-
ricultural labor or services, as defined by section 
101(a)(15)(H)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)), as amended by this Act. 
SEC. 303. COORDINATION WITH E–VERIFY PROGRAM. 
(a) REPEAL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title IV of the Il-
legal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsi-
bility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is repealed. 
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(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions, in section 1(d) of the Illegal Immigration Re-
form and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, is 
amended by striking the items relating to subtitle A 
of title IV. 
(3) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any Fed-
eral, State, or local law, Executive order, rule, regula-
tion, or delegation of authority, or any document of, 
or pertaining to, the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity, Department of Justice, or the Social Security 
Administration, to the E–Verify Program described 
in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform 
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 
1324a note), or to the employment eligibility con-
firmation system established under section 404 of the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Respon-
sibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note), is deemed 
to refer to the employment eligibility confirmation 
system established under section 274E of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act, as inserted by section 
301 of this Act. 
(4) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection, and the 
amendments made by this subsection, shall take effect 
on the date that is 30 days after the date on which 
final rules are published under section 309(a). 
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