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PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge
Complex Expansion and Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge
Expansion Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds that--
(1) the western basin of Lake Erie, as part of the Great
Lakes ecosystem--
(A) is the largest freshwater ecosystem in the
world; and
(B) is vitally important to the economic and
environmental future of the United States;
(2) over the 30-year period preceding the date of enactment
of this Act, the citizens and governmental institutions of the
United States and Canada have devoted increasing attention and
resources to the restoration of the water quality and fisheries
of the Great Lakes, including the western basin;
(3) that increased awareness has been accompanied by a
gradual shift toward a holistic ecosystem approach that
highlights a growing recognition that shoreline areas, commonly
referred to as nearshore terrestrial ecosystems, are an
integral part of the western basin and the Great Lakes
ecosystem;
(4) the Great Lakes account for more than 90 percent of the
surface freshwater in the United States;
(5) the western basin of Lake Erie receives approximately
90 percent of its flow from the Detroit River and only
approximately 10 percent from tributaries;
(6) the western basin is an important ecosystem that
includes a number of distinct islands, channels, rivers, and
shoals that support dense populations of fish, wildlife, and
aquatic plants;
(7) coastal wetland of Lake Erie supports the largest
diversity of plant and wildlife species in the Great Lakes;
(8) because Lake Erie is located at a more southern
latitude than other Great Lakes, the moderate climate of Lake
Erie is appropriate for many species that are not found in or
along the northern Great Lakes;
(9) more than 300 species of plants, including 37
significant species, have been identified in the aquatic and
wetland habitats of the western basin;
(10) the shallow western basin of Lake Erie, extending from
the Lower Detroit River to Sandusky Bay, is home to the
greatest concentration of marshes in Lake Erie, including--
(A) Mouille, Metzger, and Magee marshes;
(B) the Maumee Bay wetland complex;
(C) the wetland complexes flanking Locust Point;
and
(D) the wetland in Sandusky Bay;
(11) the larger islands of the United States in western
Lake Erie have wetland in small embayments;
(12) the wetland in the western basin comprises some of the
most important waterfowl habitat in the Great Lakes;
(13) waterfowl, wading birds, shore birds, gulls and terns,
raptors, and perching birds use the wetland in the western
basin for migration, nesting, and feeding;
(14) hundreds of thousands of diving ducks stop to rest in
the Lake Erie area during autumn migration from Canada to
points east and south;
(15) the wetland of the western basin provides a major
stopover for sea ducks, such as migrating common goldeneye,
common mergansers, and ruddy duck;
(16) the international importance of Lake Erie is indicated
in the United States by congressional designation of the Ottawa
and Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuges;
(17)(A) Lake Erie has an international reputation for
walleye, perch, and bass fishing, recreational boating,
birding, photography, and duck hunting; and
(B) on an economic basis, tourism in the Lake Erie area
accounts for an estimated $1,500,000,000 in retail sales and
more than 50,000 jobs;
(18)(A) many of the 417,000 boats that are registered in
the State of Ohio are used in the western basin, in part to
fish for the estimated 10,000,000 walleye that migrate from the
lake to spawn; and
(B) that internationally renowned walleye fishery drives
much of the $2,000,000,000 sport fishing industry in the State
of Ohio;
(19) coastal wetland in the western basin has been
subjected to intense pressure for 150 years;
(20) prior to 1850, the western basin was part of an
extensive coastal marsh and swamp system consisting of
approximately 122,000 hectares that comprised a portion of the
Great Black Swamp;
(21) by 1951, only 12,407 wetland hectares remained in the
western basin;
(22) 50 percent of that acreage was destroyed between 1972
and 1987, leaving only approximately 5,000 hectares in
existence today;
(23) along the Michigan shoreline, coastal wetland was
reduced by 62 percent between 1916 and the early 1970s;
(24) the development of the city of Monroe, Michigan, has
had a particularly significant impact on the coastal wetland at
the mouth of the Raisin River;
(25) only approximately 100 hectares remain physically
unaltered today in an area in which, 70 years ago, marshes were
10 times more extensive;
(26) in addition to the actual loss of coastal wetland
acreage along the shores of Lake Erie, the quality of much
remaining dike wetland has been degraded by numerous stressors,
especially excessive loadings of sediments and nutrients,
contaminants, shoreline modification, exotic species, and the
diking of wetland; and
(27) protective peninsula beach systems, such as the former
Bay Point and Woodtick, at the border of Ohio and Michigan near
the mouth of the Ottawa River and Maumee Bay, have been eroded
over the years, exacerbating erosion along the shorelines and
negatively affecting breeding and spawning grounds.

SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

The purpose of this Act is to establish a national wildlife refuge
complex in the State of Ohio--
(1)(A) to protect the remaining high-quality fish and
wildlife habitats of the western basin before those habitats
are lost to further development; and
(B) to restore and enhance degraded wildlife habitats
associated with the western basin;
(2) in partnership with nongovernmental and private
organizations and private individuals dedicated to habitat
enhancement, to conserve, enhance, and restore the native
aquatic and terrestrial community characteristics of the
western basin (including associated fish, wildlife, and plant
species);
(3) to facilitate partnerships among the United States Fish
and Wildlife Service, Canadian national and provincial
authorities, State and local governments, local communities in
the United States and Canada, conservation organizations, and
other non-Federal entities to promote public awareness of the
resources of the western basin; and
(4) to advance the collective goals and priorities that--
(A) were established in the report entitled ''Great
Lakes Strategy 2002--A Plan for the New Millennium'',
developed by the United States Policy Committee,
comprised of Federal agencies (including the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration, the United States
Geological Survey, the Forest Service, and the Great
Lakes Fishery Commission) and State governments and
tribal governments in the Great Lakes basin; and
(B) include the goals of cooperating to protect and
restore the chemical, physical, and biological
integrity of the Great Lakes basin ecosystem.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Cedar point refuge.--The term ''Cedar Point Refuge''
means the Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge established by
the Secretary in accordance with the Migratory Bird
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 715 et seq.).
(2) International refuge.--The term ''International
Refuge'' means the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge
established by section 5(a) of the Detroit River International
Wildlife Refuge Establishment Act (16 U.S.C. 668dd note; 115
Stat. 894).
(3) Ottawa refuge.--The term ''Ottawa Refuge'' means the
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, established by the Secretary
in accordance with the Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16
U.S.C. 715 et seq.).
(4) Refuge complex.--The term ''Refuge Complex'' means the
national wildlife refuge complex established by section 5(a).
(5) Secretary.--The term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.
(6) Western basin.--
(A) In general.--The term ''western basin'' means
the western basin of Lake Erie, consisting of the land
and water in the watersheds of Lake Erie extending from
the watershed of the Lower Detroit River in the State
of Michigan to and including Sandusky Bay and the
watershed of Sandusky Bay in the State of Ohio.
(B) Inclusion.--The term 'western basin' includes
the Bass Island archipelago in the State of Ohio.
(7) West sister island refuge.--The term ''West Sister
Island Refuge'' means the West Sister Island National Wildlife
Refuge established by Executive Order 7937, dated August 2,
1937.

SEC. 5. NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE COMPLEX.

(a) Establishment.--There is established a national wildlife refuge
complex in the State of Ohio, consisting of--
(1) the Ottawa Refuge, as modified by subsection (b);
(2) the West Sister Island Refuge; and
(3) the Cedar Point Refuge.
(b) Expansion of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall expand the boundaries
of the Ottawa Refuge to include surrounding land and water in
the State of Ohio extending from the eastern boundary of the
Maumee Bay State Park to the eastern boundary of the Darby Unit
(including the Bass Island archipelago) as depicted on the map
entitled ''Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Complex Expansion
and Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge Expansion
Act'', dated September 6, 2002.
(2) Availability of map.--The map referred to in paragraph
(1) shall be available for inspection in appropriate offices of
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
(c) Boundary Revisions.--The Secretary may make such revisions of
the boundaries of the Refuge Complex as the Secretary determines to be
appropriate--
(1) to facilitate the acquisition of property within the
Refuge Complex; or
(2) to carry out this Act.
(d) Acquisition.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary
may acquire by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated
funds, or exchange the land and water, and interests in land
and water (including conservation easements), within the
boundaries of the Refuge Complex.
(2) Consent.--No land, water, or interest in land or water
described in paragraph (1) may be acquired by the Secretary
without the consent of the owner of the land, water, or
interest.
(e) Transfers From Other Agencies.--Administrative jurisdiction
over any Federal property that is located within the boundaries of the
Refuge Complex and under the administrative jurisdiction of an agency
of the United States other than the Department of the Interior may,
with the concurrence of the head of the administering agency, be
transferred without consideration to the Secretary for the purpose of
this Act.
(f) Study of Associated Area.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary, acting through the Director
of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, shall conduct a
study of fish and wildlife habitat and aquatic and terrestrial
communities in and around the 2 dredge spoil disposal sites
that are--
(A) referred to by the Toledo-Lucas County Port
Authority as ''Port Authority Facility Number Three''
and ''Grassy Island'', respectively; and
(B) located within Toledo Harbor near the mouth of
the Maumee River.
(2) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of
enactment of the Act, the Secretary shall--
(A) complete the study under paragraph (1); and
(B) submit to Congress a report on the results of
the study.

SEC. 6. EXPANSION OF INTERNATIONAL REFUGE BOUNDARIES.

The Secretary shall expand the southern boundary of the
International Refuge to include additional land and water in the State
of Michigan located east of Interstate Route 75, extending from the
southern boundary of Sterling State Park to the Ohio State line, as
depicted on the map referred to in section 5(b)(1).

SEC. 7. ADMINISTRATION.

(a) Refuge Complex.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall administer all
federally owned land, water, and interests in land and water
that are located within the boundaries of the Refuge Complex in
accordance with--
(A) the National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.);
and
(B) this Act.
(2) Additional authority.--The Secretary may use such
additional statutory authority available to the Secretary for
the conservation of fish and wildlife, and the provision of
opportunities for fish- and wildlife-dependent recreation, as
the Secretary determines to be appropriate to carry out this
Act.
(b) Priority Uses.--In providing opportunities for compatible fish-
and wildlife-dependent recreation, the Secretary, in accordance with
paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 4(a) of the National Wildlife Refuge
System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd(a)), shall ensure,
to the maximum extent practicable, that hunting, trapping, fishing,
wildlife observation and photography, and environmental education and
interpretation are the priority public uses of the Refuge Complex.
(c) Cooperative Agreements Regarding Non-Federal Land.--To promote
public awareness of the resources of the western basin and encourage
public participation in the conservation of those resources, the
Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with the State of Ohio
or Michigan, any political subdivision of the State, or any person for
the management, in a manner consistent with this Act, of land that--
(1) is owned by the State, political subdivision, or
person; and
(2) is located within the boundaries of the Refuge Complex.
(d) Use of Existing Greenway Authority.--The Secretary shall
encourage the State of Ohio to use authority under the recreational
trails program under section 206 of title 23, United States Code, to
provide funding for acquisition and development of trails within the
boundaries of the Refuge Complex.

SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are
necessary--
(1) to acquire land and water within the Refuge Complex
under section 5(d);
(2) to carry out the study under section 5(f); and
(3) to develop, operate, and maintain the Refuge Complex.

SOLUTION: Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Complex Expansion and Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act - Establishes a national wildlife refuge complex in Ohio, consisting of the Ottawa, West Sister Island, and Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuges.Requires the Secretary of the Interior to expand the Ottawa Refuge to include specified land and water in Ohio. Permits the Secretary to acquire by donation, purchase, or exchange the land and water and interests in land and water within the boundaries of the Complex.Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, to study and report to Congress on fish and wildlife habitat and aquatic and terrestrial communities in and around two specified dredge spoil disposal sites in Toledo Harbor.Requires the Secretary to expand the southern boundary of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge (the Refuge) to include additional land and water located in the State of Michigan east of Interstate Route 75.Prescribes requirements for administration of the Complex.Directs the Secretary to ensure that hunting, trapping, fishing, wildlife observation and photography, and environmental education and interpretation shall be the priority public uses of the Complex.Requires the Secretary to encourage the State of Ohio to use authority under the Federal recreational trails program to provide funding for the acquisition and development of trails within the boundaries of the Complex.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. CONSERVATION FLEX PROGRAM OPTION.

(a) Establishment of Program.--The Agricultural Act of 1949 is
amended by inserting after section 115 (7 U.S.C. 1445k) the following
new section:
''SEC. 116. CONSERVATION FLEX PROGRAM OPTION.

''(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a voluntary
conservation flex program option to assist producers of agricultural
commodities in adopting integrated, site-specific farm management plans
through the reduction of farm program barriers to resource stewardship
practices and systems.
''(b) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section:
''(1) The term 'program' means the conservation flex
program option established under this section.
''(2) The term 'plan' means a site-specific farm management
plan prepared by the producer and approved by the Secretary.
''(3) The term 'alternative crops' means experimental and
industrial crops which conserve soil and water.
''(4) The term 'breeding cattle' means bulls, dams, and
heifers held solely for the production of calves, but shall not
include weaned calves being grown for slaughter or dairy
cattle.
''(5) The term 'legume' means any legume, including
alfalfa, clover, lentils, lupine, medic, peas, soybeans, and
vetch grown for use as a forage, green manure, or biomass
feedstock, but not including any pulse crop from which the
seeds are harvested and sold for purposes other than use as
seed for planting.
''(6) The term 'resource-conserving crop' means legumes,
grasses, brassica cover crops and forages, alternative crops,
any interseeded or relay-planted combination of such crops, any
interseeded or relay-planted combination of such crops and
small grains, and such other crops as the Secretary may
designate.
''(7) The term 'resource-conserving crop rotation' means a
crop rotation which includes at least one resource-conserving
crop and that reduces erosion, maintains or improves soil
fertility, tilth and structure, interrupts pest cycles, or
conserves water.
''(8) The term 'rotational grazing' means planting forage,
dividing pastures into paddocks, and using grazing rotations to
increase forage quality and production, improve vegetative
cover, and reduce sediment and nutrient runoff.
''(9) The term 'small grains' means any small grain,
including barley, buckwheat, oats, rye, spelt, and triticale,
but not including wheat, except for wheat grown for nonhuman
consumption.
''(10) The term 'special conservation practices' means
field borders, contour grass strips, grass waterways, filter
strips, grass windbreaks, buffer areas, wildlife habitat
plantings, habitat plantings for beneficial organisms that aid
in the control of pests, and such other practices as the
Secretary may designate.
''(c) Eligible Producers.--To be eligible to participate in the
program, a producer must prepare and submit to the Secretary for
approval a site-specific farm management plan, which may at the
producer's option be integrated with any conservation plan developed
pursuant to section 1212 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3812) and any other conservation or natural resource plan required for
producer participation in any program within the jurisdiction of the
Secretary.
''(d) Agreements.--Upon the approval of a plan submitted by a
producer under subsection (c), the Secretary shall enter into an
agreement with the producer that specifies the crop acreage bases being
enrolled in the program. The agreement shall be for a period of not
less than one year, nor more than seven years, as determined by the
producer. The agreement may be renewed upon the mutual agreement of the
Secretary and the producer.
''(e) Producer Responsibilities Under Agreement.--Under the terms
of an agreement entered into under subsection (d), a producer shall
agree--
''(1) to actively comply with the terms and conditions of
the applicable plan, as approved by the Secretary;
''(2) to devote to a resource-conserving crop--
''(A) not less than 15 percent of the crop acreage
bases of the producer enrolled under such program; or
''(B) not less than 15 percent of the producer's
total crop acres, if the sum of resource-conserving
crop acres on non-base acres and total crop acreage
bases on the farm does not exceed the county average
base-to-cropland ratio; and
''(3) to keep such records as the Secretary may reasonably
require for purposes of program evaluation.
''(f) Requirements of the Plan.--To be approved by the Secretary, a
plan submitted by a producer must--
''(1) specify the crop acreage bases the producer chooses
to enroll in the program;
''(2) describe the resource-conserving crop rotation,
special conservation practices, rotational grazing, or biomass
production operations and practices to be implemented and
maintained on such acreage during the agreement period which
fulfill the purposes of the program;
''(3) contain a schedule for the implementation,
improvement and maintenance of the resource-conserving crop
rotation, special conservation practices, rotational grazing,
or biomass operations and practices described in the plan; and
''(4) contain such other terms as the Secretary may
require.
''(g) Program Administration, Certification, and Termination.--
''(1) Program administration, technical assistance, and
flexibility.--
''(A) Administration.--The program shall be
administered by the Secretary.
''(B) Technical assistance.--In administering the
program, the Secretary, in consultation with the local
conservation districts and any State or local
authorities deemed appropriate by the Secretary, shall
provide technical assistance to a producer in
developing and implementing a plan, evaluating the
effectiveness of a plan, and assessing the costs and
benefits of farming operations and practices. If
requested by a producer, the Secretary shall provide
technical assistance to help the producer comply with
Federal, State, and local requirements designed to
protect soil, wetlands, wildlife habitat, the quality
of ground water and surface water, or other natural
resources.
''(C) Flexibility.--In administering the program,
the Secretary shall provide sufficient flexibility for
a producer to revise the producer's plan to respond to
changes in market conditions, weather, or technology or
to adjust and modify the farming operation, except that
such revisions must be consistent with the purposes of
the program and approved by the Secretary.
''(2) Certification.--The Secretary shall certify producer
compliance with the terms and conditions of the plan.
''(3) Termination.--The Secretary may terminate an
agreement entered into with a producer under this program if--
''(A) the producer agrees to such termination; or
''(B) the producer violates the terms and
conditions of such agreement.
''(h) Program Rules.--
''(1) Base and yield protection.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary shall not reduce crop acreage
bases or farm program payment yields as a result of the
planting of a resource-conserving crop.
''(2) Payment acres.--Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the Secretary shall not reduce any farm program loans,
payments, or benefits of a program participant as a result of
the planting of a resource-conserving crop.
''(3) Payment rate.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary shall provide deficiency payments on
resource-conserving crop acreage eligible for payments at a
rate not less than the projected deficiency payment rate, as
determined and announced each year by the Secretary prior to
the period during which producers may agree to participate in
the program.
''(4) Payment acre protection.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary shall not reduce the payment
acres or the established price for a program participant who
has entered into an agreement with the Secretary for a fixed
period of time.
''(5) Resource-conserving crops on normal flex acreage.--
Acreage devoted to resource-conserving crops under this program
may, at the discretion of the producer, be designated as normal
flex acreage.
''(6) Adjustments in production adjustment requirements.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall
make fair and equitable adjustments in acreage limitation
requirements applicable to a producer participating in the
program giving due consideration to crop rotation, special
conservation practices, rotational grazing, biomass production,
and other appropriate factors resulting from the implementation
of a plan. If the Secretary determines that the reduction in
program crop production on a participating farm referred to in
the preceding sentence will equal or exceed any reduction in
crop production which, in the absence of participation in the
program, would occur as a result of acreage limitation
requirements, the Secretary shall waive such acreage limitation
requirements for the farm. If the resource conserving crop
includes a farm program feed grain crop planted on the base
acres of another farm program feed grain crop, the Secretary
shall take into account the established or county average yield
of the two feed grains for the purposes of making the
adjustment or waiver.
''(7) Total base acreage flexibility.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Secretary shall allow participants
in this program to plant farm program crops and oilseeds in any
proportion on a producer's total acreage of farm program crop
base and historic oilseeds acreage without affecting farm
program payments.
''(8) Crop insurance.--Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, acreage devoted to resource-conserving crops under this
program shall be eligible for crop insurance pursuant to the
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).
''(9) Haying and grazing restriction.--
''(A) In general.--The Secretary shall not make any
farm program payments to a producer, who is otherwise
eligible to receive such payments, for acreage enrolled
in the program if the producer, during the consecutive
five month period in each State in which haying and
grazing of conserving use acres may be prohibited under
the provisions of this Act, grazes breeding cattle or
nursing calves or harvests and sells hay on payment
acres.
''(B) Transition option.--The restriction in
subparagraph (A) shall not apply in the case of a
producer who agrees to retire all base acreage enrolled
in the program at the end of the agreement period.
''(C) Emergency haying and grazing.--The Secretary
shall release acreage devoted to resource-conserving
crops for emergency haying and grazing as the result of
a natural disaster when the Secretary permits unlimited
haying and grazing on--
''(i) reduced acreage under this Act;
''(ii) acreage devoted to a conservation
use under this Act;
''(iii) acreage diverted from production
under a land diversion program established
under this Act; or
''(iv) acreage enrolled in the conservation
reserve program under the Food Security Act of
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.).''.
(b) Conforming Repeal.--Section 1451 of the Food, Agriculture,
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5822) is repealed.

SOLUTION: Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a voluntary conservation flex program which will permit producers to adopt integrated site-specific farm management plans. Includes within such plans resource-conserving crops, crop rotation, and rotational grazing.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Employment Eligibility Verification
and Anti-Identity Theft Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING AGENCIES TO SEND ''NO-MATCH'' LETTERS.

(a) Social Security Administration.--The Commissioner of the Social
Security Administration shall send a written notice to a person or
entity each time that the combination of name and Social Security
account number submitted by the person or entity for an individual does
not match Social Security Administration records.
(b) Department of Homeland Security.--The Secretary of Homeland
Security shall send a written notice to a person or entity each time
that such Secretary determines that an immigration status document or
employment authorization document presented or referenced by an
individual during the process of completing the attestations required
by the person or entity for employment eligibility verification was
assigned to another person, or that there is no agency record that the
document was assigned to any person.

SEC. 3. REQUIRING EMPLOYERS TO TAKE ACTION UPON RECEIPT OF A ''NO-
MATCH'' LETTER.

Beginning on the date that is 6 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, a person or entity that has received a written
notice under section 2 shall, within 3 business days of receiving such
notice, verify the individual's employment authorization and identity
through the verification system established under section 4.

SEC. 4. VERIFICATION SYSTEM.

Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the
Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, as appropriate,
shall establish and administer a verification system through which
persons or entities that have received written notice under section 2
shall verify an individual's employment authorization and identity.

SEC. 5. DESIGN AND OPERATION OF SYSTEM.

The verification system established under section 4 shall be
designed and operated--
(1) to maximize its reliability and ease of use, consistent
with insulating and protecting the privacy and security of the
underlying information;
(2) to respond to all required inquiries under this Act
regarding whether individuals are authorized to be employed and
to register all times when such inquiries are not received;
(3) with appropriate administrative, technical, and
physical safeguards to prevent unauthorized disclosure of
personal information; and
(4) to have reasonable safeguards against the system's
resulting in unlawful discriminatory practices based on
national origin or citizenship status, including--
(A) the selective or unauthorized use of the system
to verify eligibility;
(B) the use of the system prior to an offer of
employment; or
(C) the exclusion of certain individuals from
consideration for employment as a result of a perceived
likelihood that additional verification will be
required, beyond what is required for most job
applicants.

SEC. 6. EXTENSION OF TIME.

If a person or entity in good faith attempts to make an inquiry
during the time period specified and the verification system
established under section 4 has registered that not all inquiries were
received during such time, the person or entity may make an inquiry on
the first subsequent working day in which the verification system
registers that it has received all inquiries. If the verification
system cannot receive inquiries 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 additional proof concerning
such inquiry.

SEC. 7. RETENTION OF PROOF OF VERIFICATION COMPLETION.

After completion of the verification process established under
section 4, a person or entity shall retain a paper, microfiche,
microfilm, or electronic version of the form received through the
verification process (or, in the case of a telephonic verification, a
paper, microfiche, microfilm, or electronic record of the telephonic
verification code number) and make it available for inspection by
officers of the Department of Homeland Security, the Special Counsel
for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices, or the Department
of Labor for 3 years after the date on which the form or telephonic
verification code number was received.

SEC. 8. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT.

(a) Burden on Individual To Resolve Errors.--If a person or entity
has received an initial nonverification regarding an individual from
the verification system established under section 4, the person or
entity shall notify the individual in writing within 1 business day of
such receipt. In such notice, the person or entity shall advise the
individual that the burden is on the individual to resolve any error in
the verification mechanism not later than 30 days after the date on
which the notice is issued. Such notice shall also state that the
person or entity shall be required to verify once again the
individual's employment authorization and identity through the
verification system established under section 4, and to terminate any
employment in the United States, and any recruitment, hiring, or
referral for employment in the United States, of the individual, if a
final nonverification is received.
(b) Additional Verification.--A person or entity that has issued a
notice under subsection (a) shall, within 33 business days of such
issuance, verify once again the individual's employment authorization
and identity through the verification system established under section
4. Sections 6 and 7 shall apply to such final verification in the same
manner as such sections applied to the initial verification.

SEC. 9. FINAL VERIFICATION.

(a) Within 7 days of receiving final nonverification for an
individual, the person or entity issued a notice under section 8(a) of
this Act shall provide the Commissioner of Social Security with a copy
of such individual's verification form as described in section
274A(b)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1324a(b)(3)) in addition to any other information regarding the last
known name, address, and location of such individual.
(b) Within 3 business days of receiving such notification, the
Commissioner of Social Security shall provide such information to the
Secretary of Homeland Security.

SEC. 10. EMPLOYER VIOLATIONS.

A person or entity shall be considered to have violated section
274A(a)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1324a(a)(1)(A)) if the person or entity--
(1) continues to employ in the United States, or recruits,
hires, or refers for employment in the United States, an
individual after receiving a final nonverification regarding an
individual from the verification system established under
section 4; or
(2) otherwise fails to take an action required under this
Act.

SEC. 11. REQUIREMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN PILOT PROGRAM.

Section 402(e)(1) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
''(C) Any person or entity that, in a calendar
year, receives written notice under section 2 of this
Act with respect to more than 20 individuals, shall
elect to participate in the basic pilot program
described in section 403(a) and shall comply with the
terms and conditions of such election.''.

SEC. 12. LIMITATION ON USE.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
nothing in this Act shall be construed to permit or allow any
department, bureau, or other agency of the United States Government to
utilize any information, data base, or other records assembled under
this Act for any other purpose other than as provided for under this
Act.
(b) No National Identification Card.--Nothing in this Act shall be
construed to authorize, directly or indirectly, the issuance or use of
national identification cards or the establishment of a national
identification card.

SEC. 13. FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT REMEDY.

If an individual alleges that the individual would not have been
dismissed from a job but for an error of the verification mechanism,
the individual may seek compensation only through the mechanism of
chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code (popularly known as the
Federal Tort Claims Act), and injunctive relief to correct such error.
No class action may be brought under this Act.

SEC. 14. PROTECTION FROM LIABILITY FOR ACTIONS TAKEN ON THE BASIS OF
INFORMATION.

No person or entity shall be civilly or criminally liable for any
action taken in good faith reliance on information provided through the
employment eligibility verification mechanism established under this
Act.

SOLUTION:
Employment Eligibility Verification and Anti-Identity Theft Act - Directs the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration to notify a person or entity each time that the combination of name and Social Security account number it has submitted for an individual does not match Social Security Administration records.

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (HS) to notify a person or entity each time that: (1) an immigration status or employment authorization document presented or referenced by an individual during the employment eligibility verification process was assigned to another person; or (2) there is no agency record that the document was assigned to any person.

Directs the HS Secretary to establish a system, meeting specified requirements, for verifying an individual's identity and employment eligibility. Requires any person or entity that has received a discrepancy notice under this Act to verify the individual's employment authorization and identity through such system.

Places the burden of resolving errors in the verification mechanism on the individual whose employment eligibility and identity have not been verified. Requires the individual to terminate any employment in the United States if a final nonverification is received.

Requires the Commissioner of Social Security to provide the last known name, address, and location of a nonverified individual to the Secretary of Homeland Security.

Provides for sanctions against employers who continue to employ an individual after receiving a final nonverification.

Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to require any person or entity that receives written notice about more than 20 individuals in one calendar year to: (1) participate in a basic pilot project for employment eligibility confirmation; and (2) comply with specified terms and conditions.

Provides for: (1) a remedy under the Federal Tort Claims Act for job dismissals occasioned by verification mechanism errors; and (2) protection from civil and criminal liability for persons or entities that take action in good faith on the basis of verification mechanism information.