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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1123 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit an institution |
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| 6 | 6 | | of higher education that employs unauthorized aliens from receiving |
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| 7 | 7 | | funds from Federal student assistance or Federal institutional aid and |
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| 8 | 8 | | to require institutions of higher education to participate in the E-Verify |
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| 9 | 9 | | Program in order to be eligible to participate in any program authorized |
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| 10 | 10 | | under title IV of such Act. |
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| 11 | 11 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 12 | 12 | | MARCH25, 2025 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Mr. B |
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| 14 | 14 | | ANKS(for himself and Mr. HAWLEY) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 15 | 15 | | was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, |
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| 16 | 16 | | Labor, and Pensions |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit |
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| 19 | 19 | | an institution of higher education that employs unauthor- |
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| 20 | 20 | | ized aliens from receiving funds from Federal student |
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| 21 | 21 | | assistance or Federal institutional aid and to require |
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| 22 | 22 | | institutions of higher education to participate in the E- |
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| 23 | 23 | | Verify Program in order to be eligible to participate |
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| 24 | 24 | | in any program authorized under title IV of such Act. |
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| 25 | 25 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •S 1123 IS |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘College Employment 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Accountability Act’’. 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | SEC. 2. INELIGIBILITY DUE TO EMPLOYMENT OF UNAU-4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | THORIZED ALIENS. 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Part B of title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (20 U.S.C. 1011 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | the following: 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘SEC. 124. INELIGIBILITY DUE TO EMPLOYMENT OF UNAU-9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | THORIZED ALIENS. 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no in-11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | stitution of higher education shall be eligible to receive 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | funds from Federal student assistance or Federal institu-13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | tional aid under this Act if the institution is found to be 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | in violation of section 274A of the Immigration and Na-15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a).’’. 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE E-VERIFY 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | PROGRAM. 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | following: 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(30) The institution will participate in the E- 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Verify Program under section 403(a) of the Illegal 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note).’’. 25 |
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| 57 | 57 | | •S 1123 IS |
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| 58 | 58 | | SEC. 4. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY MONI-1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | TORING AND NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (a) M |
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| 61 | 61 | | ONITORING.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | rity shall monitor every 6 months whether an institution 4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | of higher education is participating in the E-Verify Pro-5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | gram under section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Re-6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | form and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | 1324a note). 8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (b) N |
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| 68 | 68 | | OTIFICATION.—The Secretary of Homeland Se-9 |
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| 69 | 69 | | curity shall notify the Secretary of Education, not later 10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | than 10 days after the Secretary of Homeland Security 11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | finds— 12 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (1) an institution of higher education to be in 13 |
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| 73 | 73 | | violation of section 274A of the Immigration and 14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a); or 15 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (2) that an institution of higher education is 16 |
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| 76 | 76 | | not participating in the E-Verify Program under 17 |
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| 77 | 77 | | section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform 18 |
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| 78 | 78 | | and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 19 |
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| 79 | 79 | | 1324a note). 20 |
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