To require Federal contractors to participate in the E-Verify Program for employment eligibility verification.

Amends the the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to require federal contractors and subcontractors to participate in the E-Verify Program.

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure that the Program is applied to all of the contractor's or subcontractor's employees and not just to those performing the contract or subcontract.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 282 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 282

 To require Federal contractors to participate in the E-Verify Program 
                for employment eligibility verification.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 12, 2011

Mr. Gallegly (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Royce, Mr. Rohrabacher, 
Mr. Kingston, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Shuler, and Mr. Calvert) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 
and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require Federal contractors to participate in the E-Verify Program 
                for employment eligibility verification.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT FOR FEDERAL CONTRACTORS TO PARTICIPATE IN E-
              VERIFY PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--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) Federal contractors and subcontractors.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Any Federal contractor 
                        described in clause (ii), and any subcontractor 
                        described in clause (iii), shall elect to 
                        participate in the E-Verify Program described 
                        in section 403(a) and shall comply with the 
                        terms and conditions of such election.
                            ``(ii) Federal contractors described.--A 
                        Federal contractor is described in this clause 
                        if the contractor--
                                    ``(I) employs individuals; and
                                    ``(II) has been awarded (and has 
                                not completed performance of) a 
                                contract by the Federal Government for 
                                the procurement of goods or services in 
                                an amount exceeding the simplified 
                                acquisition threshold.
                            ``(iii) Subcontractors described.--A 
                        subcontractor is described in this clause if 
                        the subcontractor--
                                    ``(I) employs individuals; and
                                    ``(II) has been awarded (and has 
                                not completed performance of) a 
                                subcontract by a Federal contractor 
                                described in clause (ii).
                            ``(iv) Coverage of entire workforce.--In 
                        implementing this subparagraph, the Secretary 
                        of Homeland Security shall ensure that the E-
                        Verify Program is applied to all of the 
                        employees of a Federal contractor or 
                        subcontractor, not just the employees 
                        performing the contract or subcontract, as the 
                        case may be.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to contracts entered into on or after the expiration of the 60-
day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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