SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Bonner Plan, as reflected in the terms 
of this Act, is an appropriate response to the need 
to improve procedures to preclude unauthorized em-
ployment of aliens and prevent the entry of terror-
ists into the United States. 
(2) The economic disparity between the United 
States and other countries is a prime factor in the 
desire of foreign nationals to enter the United States 
illegally. 
(3) Federal law prohibits the employment of 
such illegal immigrants in the United States. 
(4) Nonetheless, illegal immigrants routinely 
find employment within the United States. 
(5) Such employment of illegal immigrants un-
dermines our system of lawful immigration and has 
a negative impact on job opportunities for American 
workers. 
(6) Employers in the United States currently 
have difficulty establishing the veracity of the iden-
tity documents of prospective employees in order to 
verify their work eligibility. 
(7) Pilot programs undertaken by the Federal 
Government demonstrate that a nationwide employ-
ment verification system is feasible.
(8) Social Security cards are routinely required 
to be presented to employers by new employees. 
(9) Social Security cards remain vulnerable to 
counterfeiting and fraud. 
(10) Social Security cards with improved de-
fenses against fraudulent use would serve as the best 
vehicle by which to determine employment eligibility. 
(11) The Social Security card should not be-
come a national identification card. 
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT RE-
LATING TO IDENTIFICATION OF INDIVID-
UALS. 
(a) ANTIFRAUD MEASURES FOR SOCIAL SECURITY 
CARDS.—Section 205(c)(2)(G) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(G)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ after ‘‘(G)’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘banknote paper’’ and inserting 
‘‘durable plastic or similar material’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
clauses: 
‘‘(ii) Each Social Security card issued under this sub-
paragraph shall include an encrypted electronic identifica-
tion strip which shall be unique to the individual to whom 
the card is issued. The Commissioner shall develop such 
electronic identification strip in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, so as to enable employers 
to use such strip in accordance with section 5(b) of Illegal 
Immigration Enforcement and Social Security Protection 
Act of 2004 to obtain access to the Employment Eligibility 
Database established by such Secretary pursuant to sec-
tion 4 of such Act with respect to the individual to whom 
the card is issued. 
‘‘(iii) The Commissioner shall provide for the 
issuance (or reissuance) to each individual who—
‘‘(I) has been assigned a Social Security ac-
count number under subparagraph (B), 
‘‘(II) has attained the minimum age applicable, 
in the jurisdiction in which such individual engages 
in employment, for legally engaging in such employ-
ment, and 
‘‘(III) files application for such card under this 
clause in such form and manner as shall be pre-
scribed by the Commissioner, 
a Social Security card which meets the preceding require-
ments of this subparagraph and which includes a recent 
photograph of the individual to whom the card is issued. 
‘‘(iv) The Commissioner shall maintain an ongoing 
effort to develop measures in relation to the Social Secu-
rity card and the issuance thereof to preclude fraudulent 
use thereof.’’.
(b) SHARING
OF INFORMATION WITH
THE SEC-
RETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY.—Section 205(c)(2) of 
such Act is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(I) Upon the issuance of a Social Security account 
number under subparagraph (B) to any individual or the 
issuance of a Social Security card under subparagraph (G) 
to any individual, the Commissioner of Social Security 
shall transmit to the Secretary of Homeland Security such 
information received by the Commissioner in the individ-
ual’s application for such number or such card as such 
Secretary determines necessary and appropriate for ad-
ministration of the Illegal Immigration Enforcement and 
Social Security Protection Act of 2004. Such information 
shall be used solely for inclusion in the Employment Eligi-
bility Database established pursuant to section 4 of the 
Illegal Immigration Enforcement and Social Security Pro-
tection Act of 2004.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATES.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to Social Security 
cards issued after 2 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. The amendment made by subsection (b) shall 
apply with respect to the issuance of Social Security ac-
count numbers and Social Security cards after 2 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 4. EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY DATABASE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall establish and maintain an Employment Eligi-
bility Database. The Database shall include data com-
prised of the citizenship status of individuals and the work 
and residency eligibility information (including expiration 
dates) with respect to individuals who are not citizens or 
nationals of the United States but are authorized to work 
in the United States. Such data shall include all such data 
maintained by the Department of Homeland Security as 
of the date of the establishment of such database and in-
formation obtained from the Commissioner of Social Secu-
rity pursuant to section 205(c)(2)(I) of the Social Security 
Act. The Secretary shall maintain ongoing consultations 
with the Commissioner to ensure efficient and effective op-
eration of the Database. 
(b) INCORPORATION
OF
ONGOING
PILOT
PRO-
GRAMS.—To the extent that the Secretary determines ap-
propriate in furthering the purposes of subsection (a), the 
Secretary may incorporate the information, processes, and 
procedures employed in connection with the Citizen Attes-
tation Verification Pilot Program and the Basic Pilot Pro-
gram into the operation and maintenance of the Database 
under subsection (a). 
(c) CONFIDENTIALITY.—No officer or employee of 
the Department of Homeland Security shall have access
to any information contained in the Database for any pur-
pose other than the establishment of a system of records 
necessary for the effective administration of this Act. The 
Secretary shall restrict access to such information to offi-
cers and employees of the United States whose duties or 
responsibilities require access for the administration or en-
forcement of the provisions of this Act. The Secretary 
shall provide such other safeguards as the Secretary deter-
mines to be necessary or appropriate to protect the con-
fidentiality of information contained in the Database. 
(d) DEADLINE FOR MEETING REQUIREMENTS.—The 
Secretary shall complete the establishment of the Data-
base and provide for the efficient and effective operation 
of the Database in accordance with this section not later 
than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO INDIVIDUALS COM-
MENCING WORK IN THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS
FOR EMPLOYEES.—No indi-
vidual may commence employment with an employer in the 
United States unless such individual has—
(1) obtained a Social Security card issued by 
the Commissioner of Social Security meeting the re-
quirements of section 205(c)(2)(G)(iii) of the Social 
Security Act, and
(2) displayed such card to the employer pursu-
ant to the employer’s request for purposes of the 
verification required under subsection (b). 
(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR EMPLOYERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—No employer may hire for 
employment an individual in the United States in 
any capacity unless such employer verifies under this 
subsection that such individual has in his or her pos-
session a Social Security card issued to such indi-
vidual pursuant to section 205(c)(2)(G) of the Social 
Security Act which bears a photograph of such indi-
vidual and that such individual is authorized to work 
in the United States in such capacity. Such 
verification shall be made in accordance with proce-
dures prescribed by the Secretary for the purposes 
of ensuring against fraudulent use of the card and 
accurate and prompt verification of the authoriza-
tion of such individual to work in the United States 
in such capacity. 
(2) VERIFICATION PROCEDURES.—Such proce-
dures shall include use of—
(A) a phone verification system which shall 
be established by the Secretary, or 
(B) a card-reader device approved by the 
Secretary as capable of reading the electronic
tober 1, 2004, such sums as are necessary to carry out 
the amendments made by section 3. 
SEC. 8. INTEGRATION OF FINGERPRINTING DATABASES. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attor-
ney General of the United States shall jointly undertake 
to integrate the border-patrol fingerprinting identification 
system maintained by the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity with the fingerprint database maintained by the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation. The integration of databases 
pursuant to this section shall be completed not later than 
2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 9. ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION FOR HIRING OF BOR-
DER PATROL AGENTS. 
In addition to such sums as are otherwise authorized, 
there is authorized to be appropriated to the Department 
of Homeland Security for each fiscal year beginning on 
or after October 1, 2004, $50,000,000 for employment of 
border patrol agents. 
SEC. 10. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to establish 
a national identification card, and it is the policy of the 
United States that the Social Security card shall not be 
used as a national identification card.
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