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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 1151
5	5	To expand the use of E-Verify to hold employers accountable, and for other
6	6	purposes.
7	7	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8	8	MARCH26, 2025
9	9	Mr. G
10	10	RASSLEY(for himself, Mr. TUBERVILLE, Mr. LEE, Mr. CRUZ, Mrs.
11	11	B
12	12	RITT, Mr. LANKFORD, Mrs. CAPITO, and Ms. ERNST) introduced the
13	13	following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the
14	14	Judiciary
15	15	A BILL
16	16	To expand the use of E-Verify to hold employers accountable,
17	17	and for other purposes.
18	18	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
19	19	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
20	20	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
21	21	(a) S
22	22	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
23	23	‘‘Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act’’. 5
24	24	(b) T
25	25	ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 6
26	26	this Act is as follows: 7
27	27	Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
28	28	Sec. 2. Permanent reauthorization.
29	29	Sec. 3. Mandatory use of E-Verify.
30	30	Sec. 4. Consequences of failure to participate.
31	31	Sec. 5. Preemption; liability.
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35	35	Sec. 6. Expanded use of E-Verify.
36	36	Sec. 7. Reverification.
37	37	Sec. 8. Holding employers accountable.
38	38	Sec. 9. Information sharing.
39	39	Sec. 10. Form I–9 process.
40	40	Sec. 11. Design and operation of E-Verify.
41	41	Sec. 12. Identity theft.
42	42	Sec. 13. Small Business Demonstration Program.
43	43	Sec. 14. Employer Compliance Inspection Center.
44	44	SEC. 2. PERMANENT REAUTHORIZATION.
45	45	1
46	46	Section 401(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 2
47	47	Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of Pub-3
48	48	lic Law 104–208; 8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended by 4
49	49	striking ‘‘Unless the Congress otherwise provides, the Sec-5
50	50	retary of Homeland Security shall terminate a pilot pro-6
51	51	gram on September 30, 2015.’’. 7
52	52	SEC. 3. MANDATORY USE OF E-VERIFY. 8
53	53	(a) F
54	54	EDERALGOVERNMENT.—Section 402(e)(1) of 9
55	55	the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsi-10
56	56	bility Act of 1996 (division C of Public Law 104–208; 8 11
57	57	U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended— 12
58	58	(1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 13
59	59	follows: 14
60	60	‘‘(A) E
61	61	XECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND 15
62	62	AGENCIES.—Each department and agency of 16
63	63	the Federal Government shall participate in E- 17
64	64	Verify by complying with the terms and condi-18
65	65	tions set forth in this section.’’; and 19
66	66	(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘, that 20
67	67	conducts hiring in a State’’ and all that follows and 21
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71	71	inserting ‘‘shall participate in E-Verify by complying 1
72	72	with the terms and conditions set forth in this sec-2
73	73	tion.’’. 3
74	74	(b) F
75	75	EDERALCONTRACTORS; CRITICALEMPLOY-4
76	76	ERS.—Section 402(e) of such Act, as amended by sub-5
77	77	section (a), is further amended— 6
78	78	(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 7
79	79	paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and 8
80	80	(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-9
81	81	lowing: 10
82	82	‘‘(2) U
83	83	NITED STATES CONTRACTORS .—Any per-11
84	84	son, employer, or other entity that enters into a con-12
85	85	tract with the Federal Government shall participate 13
86	86	in E-Verify by complying with the terms and condi-14
87	87	tions set forth in this section. 15
88	88	‘‘(3) D
89	89	ESIGNATION OF CRITICAL EMPLOYERS .— 16
90	90	Not later than 7 days after the date of the enact-17
91	91	ment of the Accountability Through Electronic 18
92	92	Verification Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security 19
93	93	shall— 20
94	94	‘‘(A) conduct an assessment of employers 21
95	95	that are critical to the homeland security or na-22
96	96	tional security needs of the United States; 23
97	97	‘‘(B) designate and publish a list of em-24
98	98	ployers and classes of employers that are 25
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102	102	deemed to be critical pursuant to the assess-1
103	103	ment conducted under subparagraph (A); and 2
104	104	‘‘(C) require that critical employers des-3
105	105	ignated pursuant to subparagraph (B) partici-4
106	106	pate in E-Verify by complying with the terms 5
107	107	and conditions set forth in this section not later 6
108	108	than 30 days after the Secretary makes such 7
109	109	designation.’’. 8
110	110	(c) A
111	111	LLEMPLOYERS.—Section 402 of such Act, as 9
112	112	amended by this section, is further amended— 10
113	113	(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-11
114	114	section (h); and 12
115	115	(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-13
116	116	lowing: 14
117	117	‘‘(f) M
118	118	ANDATORYPARTICIPATION INE-VERIFY.— 15
119	119	‘‘(1) I
120	120	N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) 16
121	121	and (3), all employers in the United States shall 17
122	122	participate in E-Verify, with respect to all employees 18
123	123	recruited, referred, or hired by such employer on or 19
124	124	after the date that is 1 year after the date of the 20
125	125	enactment of the Accountability Through Electronic 21
126	126	Verification Act. 22
127	127	‘‘(2) U
128	128	SE OF CONTRACT LABOR .—Any employer 23
129	129	who uses a contract, subcontract, or exchange to ob-24
130	130	tain the labor of an individual in the United States 25
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134	134	shall certify in such contract, subcontract, or ex-1
135	135	change that the employer, and all parties to such 2
136	136	contract, subcontract, or exchange, use E-Verify. If 3
137	137	such certification is not included in a contract, sub-4
138	138	contract, or exchange, the employer shall be deemed 5
139	139	to have violated paragraph (1). 6
140	140	‘‘(3) I
141	141	NTERIM MANDATORY PARTICIPATION .— 7
142	142	‘‘(A) I
143	143	N GENERAL.—Before the date set 8
144	144	forth in paragraph (1), the Secretary of Home-9
145	145	land Security shall require any employer or 10
146	146	class of employers to participate in E-Verify, 11
147	147	with respect to all employees recruited, referred, 12
148	148	or hired by such employer if the Secretary has 13
149	149	reasonable cause to believe that such employer 14
150	150	is or has been engaged in a material violation 15
151	151	of section 274A of the Immigration and Nation-16
152	152	ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a). 17
153	153	‘‘(B) N
154	154	OTIFICATION.—Not later than 14 18
155	155	days before an employer or class of employers 19
156	156	is required to begin participating in E-Verify 20
157	157	pursuant to subparagraph (A), the Secretary 21
158	158	shall provide such employer or class of employ-22
159	159	ers with— 23
160	160	‘‘(i) written notification of such re-24
161	161	quirement; and 25
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165	165	‘‘(ii) appropriate training materials to 1
166	166	facilitate compliance with such require-2
167	167	ment.’’. 3
168	168	SEC. 4. CONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE TO PARTICIPATE. 4
169	169	(a) I
170	170	NGENERAL.—Section 402(e)(5) of the Illegal 5
171	171	Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 6
172	172	1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note), as redesignated by section 7
173	173	3(b)(1), is amended to read as follows: 8
174	174	‘‘(5) C
175	175	ONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE TO PARTICI -9
176	176	PATE.—If a person or other entity that is required 10
177	177	to participate in E-Verify fails to comply with the 11
178	178	requirements under this title with respect to an indi-12
179	179	vidual— 13
180	180	‘‘(A) such failure shall be treated as a vio-14
181	181	lation of section 274A(a)(1)(B) of the Immigra-15
182	182	tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a) with 16
183	183	respect to such individual; and 17
184	184	‘‘(B) a rebuttable presumption is created 18
185	185	that the person or entity has violated section 19
186	186	274A(a)(1)(A) of such Act.’’. 20
187	187	(b) P
188	188	ENALTIES.—Section 274A of the Immigration 21
189	189	and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a) is amended— 22
190	190	(1) in subsection (e)— 23
191	191	(A) in paragraph (4)— 24
192	192	(i) in subparagraph (A)— 25
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196	196	(I) in the matter preceding clause 1
197	197	(i), by inserting ‘‘, subject to para-2
198	198	graph (10),’’ after ‘‘in an amount’’; 3
199	199	(II) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘not 4
200	200	less than $250 and not more than 5
201	201	$2,000’’ and inserting ‘‘not less than 6
202	202	$2,500 and not more than $5,000’’; 7
203	203	(III) in clause (ii), by striking 8
204	204	‘‘not less than $2,000 and not more 9
205	205	than $5,000’’ and inserting ‘‘not less 10
206	206	than $5,000 and not more than 11
207	207	$10,000’’; and 12
208	208	(IV) in clause (iii), by striking 13
209	209	‘‘not less than $3,000 and not more 14
210	210	than $10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘not less 15
211	211	than $10,000 and not more than 16
212	212	$25,000’’; and 17
213	213	(ii) by amending subparagraph (B) to 18
214	214	read as follows: 19
215	215	‘‘(B) may require the person or entity to 20
216	216	take such other remedial action as is appro-21
217	217	priate.’’; 22
218	218	(B) in paragraph (5)— 23
219	219	(i) by striking ‘‘of not less than $100 24
220	220	and not more than $1,000’’ and inserting 25
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224	224	‘‘, subject to paragraphs (10) through 1
225	225	(12), of not less than $1,000 and not more 2
226	226	than $25,000’’; 3
227	227	(ii) by striking ‘‘the size of the busi-4
228	228	ness of the employer being charged, the 5
229	229	good faith of the employer’’ and inserting 6
230	230	‘‘the good faith of the employer being 7
231	231	charged’’; and 8
232	232	(iii) by adding at the end the fol-9
233	233	lowing: ‘‘Failure by a person or entity to 10
234	234	utilize the employment eligibility 11
235	235	verification system as required by law, or 12
236	236	providing information to the system that 13
237	237	the person or entity knows or reasonably 14
238	238	believes to be false, shall be treated as a 15
239	239	violation of subsection (a)(1)(A).’’; and 16
240	240	(C) by adding at the end the following: 17
241	241	‘‘(10) E
242	242	XEMPTION FROM PENALTY .—In the 18
243	243	case of the imposition of a civil penalty under para-19
244	244	graph (4)(A) with respect to a violation of para-20
245	245	graph (1)(A) or (2) of subsection (a) for hiring, con-21
246	246	tinuation of employment, recruitment, or referral by 22
247	247	a person or entity and, in the case of the imposition 23
248	248	of a civil penalty under paragraph (5) for a violation 24
249	249	of subsection (a)(1)(B) for hiring, recruitment, or 25
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253	253	referral by a person or entity, the penalty otherwise 1
254	254	imposed may be waived or reduced if the violator es-2
255	255	tablishes that the violator acted in good faith. 3
256	256	‘‘(11) A
257	257	UTHORITY TO DEBAR EMPLOYERS FOR 4
258	258	CERTAIN VIOLATIONS.— 5
259	259	‘‘(A) I
260	260	N GENERAL.—If a person or entity 6
261	261	is determined by the Secretary of Homeland Se-7
262	262	curity to be a repeat violator of paragraph 8
263	263	(1)(A) or (2) of subsection (a), or is convicted 9
264	264	of a crime under this section, the Secretary of 10
265	265	Homeland Security shall debar such person or 11
266	266	entity from the receipt of Federal contracts, 12
267	267	grants, or cooperative agreements in accordance 13
268	268	with the debarment standards and pursuant to 14
269	269	the debarment procedures set forth in the Fed-15
270	270	eral Acquisition Regulation maintained under 16
271	271	section 1303(a)(1) of title 41, United States 17
272	272	Code. 18
273	273	‘‘(B) D
274	274	OES NOT HAVE CONTRACT , GRANT, 19
275	275	AGREEMENT.—If the Secretary of Homeland 20
276	276	Security debars a person or entity in accord-21
277	277	ance with this paragraph, and such person or 22
278	278	entity does not hold a Federal contract, grant, 23
279	279	or cooperative agreement, the Administrator of 24
280	280	General Services shall include the person or en-25
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284	284	tity on the List of Parties Excluded From Fed-1
285	285	eral Procurement for 5 years. 2
286	286	‘‘(C) H
287	287	AS CONTRACT, GRANT, AGREE-3
288	288	MENT.—If the Secretary of Homeland Security 4
289	289	debars a person or entity in accordance with 5
290	290	this paragraph, and such person or entity holds 6
291	291	a Federal contract, grant, or cooperative agree-7
292	292	ment, the Secretary— 8
293	293	‘‘(i) shall notify all agencies or depart-9
294	294	ments holding a contract, grant, or cooper-10
295	295	ative agreement with the debarred person 11
296	296	or entity of such debarment; and 12
297	297	‘‘(ii) after soliciting and considering 13
298	298	the views of all such agencies and depart-14
299	299	ments, may waive the operation of this 15
300	300	paragraph. 16
301	301	‘‘(D) R
302	302	EVIEW.—Any decision to debar a 17
303	303	person or entity under in accordance with this 18
304	304	paragraph shall be reviewable pursuant to part 19
305	305	9.4 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.’’; 20
306	306	and 21
307	307	(2) in subsection (f)— 22
308	308	(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 23
309	309	follows: 24
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313	313	‘‘(1) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—Any person or enti-1
314	314	ty which engages in a pattern or practice of viola-2
315	315	tions of paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) shall 3
316	316	be fined not more than $30,000 for each unauthor-4
317	317	ized alien with respect to which such a violation oc-5
318	318	curs, imprisoned for not less than 1 year and not 6
319	319	more than 10 years, or both, notwithstanding the 7
320	320	provisions of any other Federal law relating to fine 8
321	321	levels.’’; and 9
322	322	(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Attor-10
323	323	ney General’’ each place such term appears and 11
324	324	inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security’’. 12
325	325	SEC. 5. PREEMPTION; LIABILITY. 13
326	326	Section 402 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 14
327	327	Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, as amended by sec-15
328	328	tions 3 and 4(a), is further amended by inserting after 16
329	329	subsection (f) the following: 17
330	330	‘‘(g) L
331	331	IMITATION ONSTATEAUTHORITY.— 18
332	332	‘‘(1) P
333	333	REEMPTION.—A State or local govern-19
334	334	ment may not prohibit a person or other entity from 20
335	335	verifying the employment authorization of new hires 21
336	336	or current employees through E-Verify. 22
337	337	‘‘(2) L
338	338	IABILITY.—A person or other entity that 23
339	339	participates in E-Verify may not be held liable under 24
340	340	any Federal, State, or local law for any employment- 25
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344	344	related action taken with respect to the wrongful 1
345	345	termination of an individual in good faith reliance on 2
346	346	information provided through E-Verify.’’. 3
347	347	SEC. 6. EXPANDED USE OF E-VERIFY. 4
348	348	Section 403(a)(3)(A) of the Illegal Immigration Re-5
349	349	form and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division 6
350	350	C of Public Law 104–208; 8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amend-7
351	351	ed to read as follows: 8
352	352	‘‘(A) I
353	353	N GENERAL.— 9
354	354	‘‘(i) B
355	355	EFORE HIRING.—The person or 10
356	356	other entity may verify the employment eli-11
357	357	gibility of an individual through E-Verify 12
358	358	before the individual is hired, recruited, or 13
359	359	referred if the individual consents to such 14
360	360	verification. If an employer receives a ten-15
361	361	tative nonconfirmation for an individual, 16
362	362	the employer shall comply with procedures 17
363	363	prescribed by the Secretary of Homeland 18
364	364	Security, including— 19
365	365	‘‘(I) providing the individual em-20
366	366	ployees with private, written notifica-21
367	367	tion of the finding and written refer-22
368	368	ral instructions; 23
369	369	‘‘(II) allowing the individual to 24
370	370	contest the finding; and 25
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374	374	‘‘(III) not taking adverse action 1
375	375	against the individual if the individual 2
376	376	chooses to contest the finding. 3
377	377	‘‘(ii) A
378	378	FTER EMPLOYMENT OFFER .— 4
379	379	The person or other entity shall verify the 5
380	380	employment eligibility of an individual 6
381	381	through E-Verify not later than 3 days 7
382	382	after the date of the hiring, recruitment, or 8
383	383	referral, as the case may be. 9
384	384	‘‘(iii) E
385	385	XISTING EMPLOYEES .—Not 10
386	386	later than 1 year after the date of the en-11
387	387	actment of the Accountability Through 12
388	388	Electronic Verification Act, the Secretary 13
389	389	shall require all employers to use E-Verify 14
390	390	to verify the identity and employment eligi-15
391	391	bility of any individual who has not been 16
392	392	previously verified by the employer through 17
393	393	E-Verify.’’. 18
394	394	SEC. 7. REVERIFICATION. 19
395	395	Section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 20
396	396	Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, as amended by sec-21
397	397	tion 6, is further amended by adding at the end the fol-22
398	398	lowing: 23
399	399	‘‘(5) R
400	400	EVERIFICATION.—Each person or other 24
401	401	entity participating in E-Verify shall use the E- 25
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405	405	Verify confirmation system to reverify the work au-1
406	406	thorization of any individual not later than 3 days 2
407	407	after the date on which such individual’s employ-3
408	408	ment authorization is scheduled to expire (as indi-4
409	409	cated by the Secretary or the documents provided to 5
410	410	the employer pursuant to section 274A(b) of the Im-6
411	411	migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(b))), 7
412	412	in accordance with the procedures set forth in this 8
413	413	subsection and in section 402.’’. 9
414	414	SEC. 8. HOLDING EMPLOYERS ACCOUNTABLE. 10
415	415	(a) C
416	416	ONSEQUENCES OF NONCONFIRMATION.—Sec-11
417	417	tion 403(a)(4)(C) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 12
418	418	Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of Pub-13
419	419	lic Law 104–208; 8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended to 14
420	420	read as follows: 15
421	421	‘‘(C) C
422	422	ONSEQUENCES OF NONCONFIRMA -16
423	423	TION.— 17
424	424	‘‘(i) T
425	425	ERMINATION AND NOTIFICA -18
426	426	TION.—If the person or other entity re-19
427	427	ceives a final nonconfirmation regarding an 20
428	428	individual, the employer shall imme-21
429	429	diately— 22
430	430	‘‘(I) terminate the employment, 23
431	431	recruitment, or referral of the indi-24
432	432	vidual; and 25
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436	436	‘‘(II) submit to the Secretary any 1
437	437	information relating to the individual 2
438	438	that the Secretary determines would 3
439	439	assist the Secretary in enforcing or 4
440	440	administering United States immigra-5
441	441	tion laws. 6
442	442	‘‘(ii) C
443	443	ONSEQUENCE OF CONTINUED 7
444	444	EMPLOYMENT.—If the person or other en-8
445	445	tity continues to employ, recruit, or refer 9
446	446	the individual after receiving final noncon-10
447	447	firmation, a rebuttable presumption is cre-11
448	448	ated that the employer has violated section 12
449	449	274A of the Immigration and Nationality 13
450	450	Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a).’’. 14
451	451	(b) I
452	452	NTERAGENCY NONCONFIRMATION REPORT.— 15
453	453	Section 405 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immi-16
454	454	grant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of Public Law 17
455	455	104–208; 8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended by adding at 18
456	456	the end the following: 19
457	457	‘‘(c) I
458	458	NTERAGENCYNONCONFIRMATION REPORT.— 20
459	459	‘‘(1) I
460	460	N GENERAL.—The Director of U.S. Citi-21
461	461	zenship and Immigration Services shall submit a 22
462	462	weekly report to the Director for U.S. Immigration 23
463	463	and Customs Enforcement that includes, for each in-24
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467	467	dividual who receives final nonconfirmation through 1
468	468	E-Verify— 2
469	469	‘‘(A) the name of such individual; 3
470	470	‘‘(B) his or her Social Security number or 4
471	471	alien file number; 5
472	472	‘‘(C) the name and contact information for 6
473	473	his or her current employer; and 7
474	474	‘‘(D) any other critical information that 8
475	475	the Assistant Secretary determines to be appro-9
476	476	priate. 10
477	477	‘‘(2) U
478	478	SE OF WEEKLY REPORT .—The Secretary 11
479	479	of Homeland Security shall use information provided 12
480	480	under paragraph (1) to enforce compliance with the 13
481	481	United States immigration laws.’’. 14
482	482	SEC. 9. INFORMATION SHARING. 15
483	483	Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 16
484	484	of this Act, the Commissioner of Social Security, the Com-17
485	485	missioner of Internal Revenue, the Secretary of Homeland 18
486	486	Security, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall jointly 19
487	487	establish a program to share information among such 20
488	488	agencies that may or could lead to the identification of 21
489	489	unauthorized aliens (as defined in section 274A(h)(3) of 22
490	490	the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 23
491	491	1324a(h)(3))), including no-match letters and any infor-24
492	492	mation in the earnings suspense file. 25
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496	496	SEC. 10. FORM I–9 PROCESS. 1
497	497	Not later than 9 months after date of the enactment 2
498	498	of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall sub-3
499	499	mit a report to Congress that contains recommendations 4
500	500	for— 5
501	501	(1) modifying and simplifying the process by 6
502	502	which employers are required to complete and retain 7
503	503	a Form I–9 for each employee pursuant to section 8
504	504	274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 9
505	505	U.S.C. 1324a); and 10
506	506	(2) eliminating the process described in para-11
507	507	graph (1). 12
508	508	SEC. 11. DESIGN AND OPERATION OF E-VERIFY. 13
509	509	Section 404(d) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 14
510	510	Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of Pub-15
511	511	lic Law 104–208; 8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended to 16
512	512	read as follows: 17
513	513	‘‘(d) D
514	514	ESIGN AND OPERATION OF SYSTEM.—E- 18
515	515	Verify shall be designed and operated— 19
516	516	‘‘(1) to maximize its reliability and ease of use 20
517	517	by employers; 21
518	518	‘‘(2) to insulate and protect the privacy and se-22
519	519	curity of the underlying information; 23
520	520	‘‘(3) to maintain appropriate administrative, 24
521	521	technical, and physical safeguards to prevent unau-25
522	522	thorized disclosure of personal information; 26
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526	526	‘‘(4) to respond accurately to all inquiries made 1
527	527	by employers on whether individuals are authorized 2
528	528	to be employed; 3
529	529	‘‘(5) to register any time when E-Verify is un-4
530	530	able to receive inquiries; 5
531	531	‘‘(6) to allow for auditing use of the system to 6
532	532	detect fraud and identify theft; 7
533	533	‘‘(7) to preserve the security of the information 8
534	534	in all of the system by— 9
535	535	‘‘(A) developing and using algorithms to 10
536	536	detect potential identity theft, such as multiple 11
537	537	uses of the same identifying information or doc-12
538	538	uments; 13
539	539	‘‘(B) developing and using algorithms to 14
540	540	detect misuse of the system by employers and 15
541	541	employees; 16
542	542	‘‘(C) developing capabilities to detect 17
543	543	anomalies in the use of the system that may in-18
544	544	dicate potential fraud or misuse of the system; 19
545	545	and 20
546	546	‘‘(D) auditing documents and information 21
547	547	submitted by potential employees to employers, 22
548	548	including authority to conduct interviews with 23
549	549	employers and employees; 24
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553	553	‘‘(8) to confirm identity and work authorization 1
554	554	through verification of records maintained by the 2
555	555	Secretary, other Federal departments, States, the 3
556	556	Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or 4
557	557	an outlying possession of the United States, as de-5
558	558	termined necessary by the Secretary, including— 6
559	559	‘‘(A) records maintained by the Social Se-7
560	560	curity Administration; 8
561	561	‘‘(B) birth and death records maintained 9
562	562	by vital statistics agencies of any State or other 10
563	563	jurisdiction in the United States; 11
564	564	‘‘(C) passport and visa records (including 12
565	565	photographs) maintained by the Department of 13
566	566	State; and 14
567	567	‘‘(D) State driver’s license or identity card 15
568	568	information (including photographs) maintained 16
569	569	by State department of motor vehicles; 17
570	570	‘‘(9) to electronically confirm the issuance of 18
571	571	the employment authorization or identity document; 19
572	572	and 20
573	573	‘‘(10) to display the digital photograph that the 21
574	574	issuer placed on the document so that the employer 22
575	575	can compare the photograph displayed to the photo-23
576	576	graph on the document presented by the employee 24
577	577	or, in exceptional cases, if a photograph is not avail-25
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581	581	able from the issuer, to provide for a temporary al-1
582	582	ternative procedure, specified by the Secretary, for 2
583	583	confirming the authenticity of the document.’’. 3
584	584	SEC. 12. IDENTITY THEFT. 4
585	585	Section 1028 of title 18, United States Code, is 5
586	586	amended— 6
587	587	(1) in subsection (a)(7), by striking ‘‘of another 7
588	588	person’’ and inserting ‘‘that is not his or her own’’; 8
589	589	and 9
590	590	(2) in subsection (b)(3)— 10
591	591	(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘or’’ 11
592	592	at the end; 12
593	593	(B) in subparagraph (C), by adding ‘‘or’’ 13
594	594	at the end; and 14
595	595	(C) by adding at the end the following: 15
596	596	‘‘(D) to facilitate or assist in harboring or 16
597	597	hiring unauthorized workers in violation of sec-17
598	598	tion 274, 274A, or 274C of the Immigration 18
599	599	and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324, 1324a, 19
600	600	and 1324c).’’. 20
601	601	SEC. 13. SMALL BUSINESS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 21
602	602	Section 403 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 22
603	603	Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, as amended by sec-23
604	604	tion 6, 7, and 8, is further amended— 24
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608	608	(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-1
609	609	section (e); and 2
610	610	(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-3
611	611	lowing: 4
612	612	‘‘(d) S
613	613	MALLBUSINESSDEMONSTRATION PRO-5
614	614	GRAM.—Not later than 9 months after the date of the en-6
615	615	actment of the Accountability Through Electronic 7
616	616	Verification Act, the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Im-8
617	617	migration Services shall establish a demonstration pro-9
618	618	gram that assists small businesses in rural areas or areas 10
619	619	without internet capabilities to verify the employment eli-11
620	620	gibility of newly hired employees solely through the use 12
621	621	of publicly accessible internet terminals.’’. 13
622	622	SEC. 14. EMPLOYER COMPLIANCE INSPECTION CENTER. 14
623	623	(a) E
624	624	STABLISHMENT.—There is established, within 15
625	625	Homeland Security Investigations of U.S. Immigration 16
626	626	and Customs Enforcement, the Employer Compliance In-17
627	627	spection Center (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Cen-18
628	628	ter’’). 19
629	629	(b) P
630	630	URPOSES.—The purposes of the Center shall 20
631	631	be— 21
632	632	(1) to create a culture of compliance for all 22
633	633	United States businesses by imposing more effective, 23
634	634	efficient, and standardized consequences, including 24
635	635	civil and criminal penalties, on employers who fail to 25
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639	639	comply with the employment eligibility verification 1
640	640	requirements; and 2
641	641	(2) to consolidate worksite enforcement audits 3
642	642	at a centralized location to ensure a standardized 4
643	643	process and uniform application of the fine matrix. 5
644	644	(c) D
645	645	UTIES.—The Center shall— 6
646	646	(1) carry out duties related to the processing of 7
647	647	the Employment Eligibility Verification Form I–9, 8
648	648	including audits, and related worksite enforcement 9
649	649	investigations; 10
650	650	(2) ensure that all United States businesses ad-11
651	651	here to existing laws and regulations regarding em-12
652	652	ployment eligibility; and 13
653	653	(3) carry out such additional duties as may be 14
654	654	assigned or delegated by the Director of U.S. Immi-15
655	655	gration and Customs Enforcement. 16
656	656	(d) R
657	657	ESPONSETIME.—The Center shall respond as 17
658	658	quickly as practicable to employer inquiries based on the 18
659	659	facts and circumstances of the employer making the in-19
660	660	quiry. 20
661	661	(e) T
662	662	ASKFORCE.—The Center shall establish a task 21
663	663	force, utilizing existing information sharing agreements 22
664	664	with other Federal agencies, including the Social Security 23
665	665	Administration, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Serv-24
666	666	ices, the Department of Labor, and the Internal Revenue 25
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670	670	Service, to serve as a force multiplier to proactively inves-1
671	671	tigate crimes, including Social Security fraud, tax fraud, 2
672	672	and wage and hour violations. 3
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