‘‘(ii) DOCUMENTS
EVIDENCING
EM-
PLOYMENT
AUTHORIZATION
AND
ESTAB-
LISHING
IDENTITY.—A 
document 
de-
scribed in this subparagraph is an individ-
ual’s— 
‘‘(I) unexpired United States 
passport or passport card; 
‘‘(II) unexpired permanent resi-
dent card that contains a photograph; 
‘‘(III) unexpired employment au-
thorization card that contains a pho-
tograph; 
‘‘(IV) in the case of a non-
immigrant alien authorized to work 
for a specific employer incident to sta-
tus, a foreign passport with Form I– 
94 or Form I–94A, or other docu-
mentation as designated by the Sec-
retary specifying the alien’s non-
immigrant status as long as the pe-
riod of status has not yet expired and 
the proposed employment is not in 
conflict with any restrictions or limita-
tions identified in the documentation; 
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‘‘(V) passport from the Fed-
erated States of Micronesia (FSM) or 
the Republic of the Marshall Islands 
(RMI) with Form I–94 or Form I– 
94A, or other documentation as des-
ignated by the Secretary, indicating 
nonimmigrant admission under the 
Compact of Free Association Between 
the United States and the FSM or 
RMI; or 
‘‘(VI) other document designated 
by the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, if the document— 
‘‘(aa) contains a photograph 
of the individual and biometric 
identification data from the indi-
vidual and such other personal 
identifying information relating 
to the individual as the Secretary 
of Homeland Security finds, by 
regulation, sufficient for purposes 
of this clause; 
‘‘(bb) is evidence of author-
ization of employment in the 
United States; and 
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‘‘(cc) contains security fea-
tures to make it resistant to tam-
pering, counterfeiting, and fraud-
ulent use. 
‘‘(iii) DOCUMENTS
EVIDENCING
EM-
PLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION.—A document 
described in this subparagraph is an indi-
vidual’s social security account number 
card (other than such a card which speci-
fies on the face that the issuance of the 
card does not authorize employment in the 
United States). 
‘‘(iv) 
DOCUMENTS
ESTABLISHING 
IDENTITY
OF
INDIVIDUAL.—A document 
described in this subparagraph is— 
‘‘(I) an individual’s unexpired 
State issued driver’s license or identi-
fication card if it contains a photo-
graph and information such as name, 
date of birth, gender, height, eye 
color, and address; 
‘‘(II) an individual’s unexpired 
U.S. military identification card; 
‘‘(III) an individual’s unexpired 
Native American tribal identification 
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document issued by a tribal entity rec-
ognized by the Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs; or 
‘‘(IV) in the case of an individual 
under 18 years of age, a parent or 
legal guardian’s attestation under 
penalty of law as to the identity and 
age of the individual. 
‘‘(v) AUTHORITY TO PROHIBIT USE OF 
CERTAIN DOCUMENTS.—If the Secretary of 
Homeland Security finds, by regulation, 
that any document described in clause (i), 
(ii), or (iii) as establishing employment au-
thorization or identity does not reliably es-
tablish such authorization or identity or is 
being used fraudulently to an unacceptable 
degree, the Secretary may prohibit or place 
conditions on its use for purposes of this 
paragraph. 
‘‘(vi) SIGNATURE.—Such attestation 
may be manifested by either a hand-writ-
ten or electronic signature. 
‘‘(B) INDIVIDUAL
ATTESTATION
OF
EM-
PLOYMENT
AUTHORIZATION.—During 
the 
verification period (as defined in subparagraph 
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(E)), the individual shall attest, under penalty 
of perjury on the form designated or established 
for purposes of subparagraph (A), that the indi-
vidual is a citizen or national of the United 
States, an alien lawfully admitted for perma-
nent residence, or an alien who is authorized 
under this Act or by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security to be hired, recruited, or referred for 
such employment. Such attestation may be 
manifested by either a hand-written or elec-
tronic signature. The individual shall also pro-
vide that individual’s social security account 
number (if the individual claims to have been 
issued such a number), and, if the individual 
does not attest to United States nationality 
under this subparagraph, such identification or 
authorization number established by the De-
partment of Homeland Security for the alien as 
the Secretary may specify. 
‘‘(C) RETENTION OF VERIFICATION FORM 
AND VERIFICATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—After completion 
of such form in accordance with subpara-
graphs (A) and (B), the person or entity 
shall— 
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‘‘(I) retain a paper, microfiche, 
microfilm, or electronic version of the 
form and make it available for inspec-
tion by officers of the Department of 
Homeland Security, the Special Coun-
sel for Immigration-Related Unfair 
Employment Practices, or the Depart-
ment of Labor during a period begin-
ning on the date of the recruiting or 
referral of the individual, or, in the 
case of the hiring of an individual, the 
date on which the verification is com-
pleted, and ending— 
‘‘(aa) in the case of the re-
cruiting or referral of an indi-
vidual, 3 years after the date of 
the recruiting or referral; and 
‘‘(bb) in the case of the hir-
ing of an individual, the later of 
3 years after the date the 
verification is completed or one 
year after the date the individ-
ual’s employment is terminated; 
and 
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‘‘(II) during the verification pe-
riod (as defined in subparagraph (E)), 
make an inquiry, as provided in sub-
section (d), using the verification sys-
tem to seek verification of the identity 
and employment eligibility of an indi-
vidual. 
‘‘(ii) CONFIRMATION.— 
‘‘(I) 
CONFIRMATION
RE-
CEIVED.—If the person or other entity 
receives an appropriate confirmation 
of an individual’s identity and work 
eligibility under the verification sys-
tem within the time period specified, 
the person or entity shall record on 
the form an appropriate code that is 
provided under the system and that 
indicates a final confirmation of such 
identity and work eligibility of the in-
dividual. 
‘‘(II) TENTATIVE NONCONFIRMA-
TION
RECEIVED.—If the person or 
other entity receives a tentative non-
confirmation of an individual’s iden-
tity or work eligibility under the 
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‘‘(IV) EXTENSION OF TIME.—If 
the person or other entity in good 
faith attempts to make an inquiry 
during the time period specified and 
the verification system has registered 
that not all inquiries were received 
during such time, the person or entity 
may make an inquiry in the first sub-
sequent working day in which the 
verification system registers that it 
has received all inquiries. If the 
verification system cannot receive in-
quiries at all times during a day, the 
person or entity merely has to assert 
that the entity attempted to make the 
inquiry on that day for the previous 
sentence to apply to such an inquiry, 
and does not have to provide any ad-
ditional proof concerning such inquiry. 
‘‘(V) CONSEQUENCES
OF
NON-
CONFIRMATION.— 
‘‘(aa) TERMINATION OR NO-
TIFICATION OF CONTINUED EM-
PLOYMENT.—If the person or 
other entity has received a final 
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nonconfirmation regarding an in-
dividual, the person or entity 
may terminate employment of the 
individual (or decline to recruit 
or refer the individual). If the 
person or entity does not termi-
nate employment of the indi-
vidual or proceeds to recruit or 
refer the individual, the person or 
entity shall notify the Secretary 
of Homeland Security of such 
fact through the verification sys-
tem or in such other manner as 
the Secretary may specify. 
‘‘(bb) 
FAILURE
TO
NO-
TIFY.—If the person or entity 
fails to provide notice with re-
spect to an individual as required 
under item (aa), the failure is 
deemed to constitute a violation 
of subsection (a)(1)(A) with re-
spect to that individual. 
‘‘(VI) CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT 
AFTER FINAL NONCONFIRMATION.—If 
the person or other entity continues to 
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employ (or to recruit or refer) an indi-
vidual after receiving final noncon-
firmation, a rebuttable presumption is 
created that the person or entity has 
violated subsection (a)(1)(A). 
‘‘(D) EFFECTIVE DATES OF NEW PROCE-
DURES.— 
‘‘(i) HIRING.—Except as provided in 
clause (iii), the provisions of this para-
graph shall apply to a person or other enti-
ty hiring an individual for employment in 
the United States as follows: 
‘‘(I) With respect to employers 
having 10,000 or more employees in 
the United States on the date of the 
enactment of the Legal Workforce 
Act, on the date that is 6 months 
after the date of the enactment of 
such Act. 
‘‘(II) With respect to employers 
having 500 or more employees in the 
United States, but less than 10,000 
employees in the United States, on 
the date of the enactment of the 
Legal Workforce Act, on the date that 
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is 12 months after the date of the en-
actment of such Act. 
‘‘(III) With respect to employers 
having 20 or more employees in the 
United States, but less than 500 em-
ployees in the United States, on the 
date of the enactment of the Legal 
Workforce Act, on the date that is 18 
months after the date of the enact-
ment of such Act. 
‘‘(IV) With respect to employers 
having 1 or more employees in the 
United States, but less than 20 em-
ployees in the United States, on the 
date of the enactment of the Legal 
Workforce Act, on the date that is 24 
months after the date of the enact-
ment of such Act. 
‘‘(ii) RECRUITING AND REFERRING.— 
Except as provided in clause (iii), the pro-
visions of this paragraph shall apply to a 
person or other entity recruiting or refer-
ring an individual for employment in the 
United States on the date that is 12 
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months after the date of the enactment of 
the Legal Workforce Act. 
‘‘(iii) AGRICULTURAL LABOR OR SERV-
ICES.—With respect to an employee per-
forming agricultural labor or services, this 
paragraph shall not apply with respect to 
the verification of the employee until the 
date that is 36 months after the date of 
the enactment of the Legal Workforce Act. 
For purposes of the preceding sentence, 
the term ‘agricultural labor or services’ has 
the meaning given such term by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture in regulations and in-
cludes agricultural labor as defined in sec-
tion 3121(g) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986, agriculture as defined in section 
3(f) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(f)), the handling, 
planting, drying, packing, packaging, proc-
essing, freezing, or grading prior to deliv-
ery for storage of any agricultural or horti-
cultural commodity in its unmanufactured 
state, all activities required for the prepa-
ration, processing or manufacturing of a 
product of agriculture (as such term is de-
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fined in such section 3(f)) for further dis-
tribution, and activities similar to all the 
foregoing as they relate to fish or shellfish 
in aquaculture facilities. An employee de-
scribed in this clause shall not be counted 
for purposes of clause (i). 
‘‘(iv) EXTENSIONS.—Upon request by 
an employer having 50 or fewer employees, 
the Secretary shall allow a one-time 6 
month extension of the effective date set 
out in this subparagraph applicable to such 
employer. Such request shall be made to 
the Secretary and shall be made prior to 
such effective date. 
‘‘(v) TRANSITION
RULE.—Subject to 
paragraph (4), the following shall apply to 
a person or other entity hiring, recruiting, 
or referring an individual for employment 
in the United States until the effective 
date or dates applicable under clauses (i) 
through (iii): 
‘‘(I) This subsection, as in effect 
before the enactment of the Legal 
Workforce Act. 
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‘‘(II) Subtitle A of title IV of the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Im-
migrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 
U.S.C. 1324a note), as in effect be-
fore the effective date in section 7(c) 
of the Legal Workforce Act. 
‘‘(III) Any other provision of 
Federal law requiring the person or 
entity to participate in 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 be-
fore the effective date in section 7(c) 
of the Legal Workforce Act, including 
Executive Order 13465 (8 U.S.C. 
1324a note; relating to Government 
procurement). 
‘‘(E) VERIFICATION PERIOD DEFINED.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of 
this paragraph: 
‘‘(I) In the case of recruitment or 
referral, the term ‘verification period’ 
means the period ending on the date 
recruiting or referring commences. 
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‘‘(II) In the case of hiring, the 
term ‘verification period’ means the 
period beginning on the date on which 
an offer of employment is extended 
and ending on the date that is three 
business days after the date of hire, 
except as provided in clause (iii). The 
offer of employment may be condi-
tioned in accordance with clause (ii). 
‘‘(ii) JOB
OFFER
MAY
BE
CONDI-
TIONAL.—A person or other entity may 
offer a prospective employee an employ-
ment position that is conditioned on final 
verification of the identity and employment 
eligibility of the employee using the proce-
dures established under this paragraph. 
‘‘(iii) 
SPECIAL
RULE.—Notwith-
standing clause (i)(II), in the case of an 
alien who is authorized for employment 
and who provides evidence from the Social 
Security Administration that the alien has 
applied for a social security account num-
ber, the verification period ends three busi-
ness days after the alien receives the social 
security account number. 
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‘‘(2) REVERIFICATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH 
LIMITED WORK AUTHORIZATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), a person or entity shall 
make an inquiry, as provided in subsection (d), 
using 
the 
verification 
system 
to 
seek 
reverification of the identity and employment 
eligibility of all individuals with a limited period 
of work authorization employed by the person 
or entity during the three business days after 
the date on which the employee’s work author-
ization expires as follows: 
‘‘(i) With respect to employers having 
10,000 or more employees in the United 
States on the date of the enactment of the 
Legal Workforce Act, beginning on the 
date that is 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of such Act. 
‘‘(ii) With respect to employers having 
500 or more employees in the United 
States, but less than 10,000 employees in 
the United States, on the date of the en-
actment of the Legal Workforce Act, be-
ginning on the date that is 12 months 
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after the date of the enactment of such 
Act. 
‘‘(iii) With respect to employers hav-
ing 20 or more employees in the United 
States, but less than 500 employees in the 
United States, on the date of the enact-
ment of the Legal Workforce Act, begin-
ning on the date that is 18 months after 
the date of the enactment of such Act. 
‘‘(iv) With respect to employers hav-
ing 1 or more employees in the United 
States, but less than 20 employees in the 
United States, on the date of the enact-
ment of the Legal Workforce Act, begin-
ning on the date that is 24 months after 
the date of the enactment of such Act. 
‘‘(B) AGRICULTURAL
LABOR
OR
SERV-
ICES.—With respect to an employee performing 
agricultural labor or services, or an employee 
recruited or referred by a farm labor contractor 
(as defined in section 3 of the Migrant and Sea-
sonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (29 
U.S.C. 1801)), subparagraph (A) shall not 
apply with respect to the reverification of the 
employee until the date that is 36 months after 
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the date of the enactment of the Legal Work-
force Act. For purposes of the preceding sen-
tence, the term ‘agricultural labor or services’ 
has the meaning given such term by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture in regulations and in-
cludes agricultural labor as defined in section 
3121(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 
agriculture as defined in section 3(f) of the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
203(f)), the handling, planting, drying, packing, 
packaging, processing, freezing, or grading 
prior to delivery for storage of any agricultural 
or horticultural commodity in its unmanufac-
tured state, all activities required for the prepa-
ration, processing, or manufacturing of a prod-
uct of agriculture (as such term is defined in 
such section 3(f)) for further distribution, and 
activities similar to all the foregoing as they re-
late to fish or shellfish in aquaculture facilities. 
An employee described in this subparagraph 
shall not be counted for purposes of subpara-
graph (A). 
‘‘(C) 
REVERIFICATION.—Paragraph 
(1)(C)(ii) shall apply to reverifications pursuant 
to this paragraph on the same basis as it ap-
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‘‘(A) responds to inquiries made by per-
sons at any time through a toll-free telephone 
line and other toll-free electronic media con-
cerning an individual’s identity and whether the 
individual is authorized to be employed; and 
‘‘(B) maintains records of the inquiries 
that were made, of verifications provided (or 
not provided), and of the codes provided to in-
quirers as evidence of their compliance with 
their obligations under this section. 
‘‘(2) INITIAL RESPONSE.—The verification sys-
tem shall provide confirmation or a tentative non-
confirmation of an individual’s identity and employ-
ment eligibility within 3 working days of the initial 
inquiry. If providing confirmation or tentative non-
confirmation, the verification system shall provide an 
appropriate code indicating such confirmation or 
such nonconfirmation. 
‘‘(3) SECONDARY CONFIRMATION PROCESS IN 
CASE OF TENTATIVE NONCONFIRMATION.—In cases 
of tentative nonconfirmation, the Secretary shall 
specify, in consultation with the Commissioner of 
Social Security, an available secondary verification 
process to confirm the validity of information pro-
vided and to provide a final confirmation or noncon-
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