Legal Employee Verification Act

Bill: 110-hr-1951
Sponsor: Rep. Ellsworth, Brad [D-IN-8]
Introduced: 2007-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Admission of nonimmigrants
Agricultural labor
Agriculture and Food
Alien labor
Aliens
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Department of Homeland Security
Electronic data interchange
Electronic government information
Employee rights
Employers' liability
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification devices
Illegal aliens
Labor and Employment
Law
Personnel records
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards
Temporary employment
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: 
Legal Employee Verification Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require visas issued by the Secretary of State and immigration related documents issued by the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Homeland Security to comply with authentication and biometric standards recognized by domestic and international standards organizations.
 
Requires the Commissioner of Social Security to: (1) establish an Employment Eligibility Confirmation System to respond to inquiries made by employers regarding the identities and employment authorizations of their employees; (2) design, implement, and maintain an Employment Eligibility Database, including annual reverification; and (3) develop a plan to phase all workers into the Database and phase out the employer verification system established in specified existing provisions.
 
Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security (currently, the Attorney General) to implement an integrated entry and exit data system.
 
Requires a process under which an H-2B alien (temporary nonagricultural worker) who files a nonfrivolous complaint regarding a violation of this Act and is otherwise eligible to remain and work in the United States may be allowed to seek other employment in the United States for a period not to exceed the maximum period of stay for that nonimmigrant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2007-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E803)
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Introduced in House