I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1147 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make mandatory and 
permanent requirements relating to use of an electronic employment 
eligibility verification system, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2015 
Mr. SMITH of Texas (for himself, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. 
GOWDY, Mr. FORBES, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. CARTER of Texas, Mr. 
KING of Iowa, Mr. MARINO, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. COOK, and 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Commit-
tees on Ways and Means and Education and the Workforce, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make 
mandatory and permanent requirements relating to use 
of an electronic employment eligibility verification sys-
tem, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legal Workforce Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION PROC-
ESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 274A(b) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(b)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) 
EMPLOYMENT
ELIGIBILITY
VERIFICATION 
PROCESS.— 
‘‘(1) NEW HIRES, RECRUITMENT, AND REFER-
RAL.—The requirements referred to in paragraphs 
(1)(B) and (3) of subsection (a) are, in the case of 
a person or other entity hiring, recruiting, or refer-
ring an individual for employment in the United 
States, the following: 
‘‘(A) ATTESTATION
AFTER
EXAMINATION 
OF DOCUMENTATION.— 
‘‘(i) 
ATTESTATION.—During 
the 
verification period (as defined in subpara-
graph (E)), the person or entity shall at-
test, under penalty of perjury and on a 
form, including electronic and telephonic 
formats, designated or established by the 
Secretary by regulation not later than 6 
months after the date of the enactment of 
the Legal Workforce Act, that it has 
verified that the individual is not an unau-
thorized alien by— 
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‘‘(I) obtaining from the indi-
vidual the individual’s social security 
account number and recording the 
number on the form (if the individual 
claims to have been issued such a 
number), and, if the individual does 
not attest to United States nationality 
under subparagraph (B), obtaining 
such identification or authorization 
number established by the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security for the 
alien as the Secretary of Homeland 
Security may specify, and recording 
such number on the form; and 
‘‘(II) examining— 
‘‘(aa) a document relating to 
the individual presenting it de-
scribed in clause (ii); or 
‘‘(bb) a document relating to 
the individual presenting it de-
scribed in clause (iii) and a docu-
ment relating to the individual 
presenting it described in clause 
(iv). 
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