Permanent E-Verify Act

Bill: 116-s-1806
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Romney, Mitt [R-UT]
Introduced: 2019-06-12
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor

Immigration status and procedures
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-06-12
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Permanent E-Verify Act</b></p> <p>This bill makes the E-Verify employment eligibility verification program permanent. Currently, the program requires periodic extensions by Congress. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1806 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 12, 2019 Mr. Romney introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To make the E-Verify program permanent, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Permanent E-Verify Act . 2. Permanent authorization of E-Verify Section 401 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 ( 8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended— (1) by amending the section heading to read as follows: E-Verify Program ; and (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in the subsection heading, by striking ; termination ; and (B) by striking Unless the Congress otherwise provides, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall terminate a pilot program on September 30, 2015. .