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