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H.R. 1772 (113th)

Legal Workforce Act

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

26 April 2013

Last action

16 December 2014 · Reported

Status

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 508.

Sponsors

Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21], Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6], Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41], Rep. Gowdy, Trey [R-SC-4], Rep. Westmoreland, Lynn A. [R-GA-3], Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15], Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7], Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5], Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-8], Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2], Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-1], Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39], Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN], Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4], Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3], Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26], Rep. Labrador, Raul R. [R-ID-1], Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27], Rep. Holding, George [R-NC-2], Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1], Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48], Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3], Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4], Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7], Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6], Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4], Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17], Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11], Rep. Kingston, Jack [R-GA-1], Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2], Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5], Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24]

Subjects

Defence, Immigration

Source updated

21 July 2025

Defence · Immigration

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Summary

Legal Workforce Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an employment eligibility verification system (EEVS), patterned after the E-Verify system. (Eliminates the current paper-based I-9 system.) Requires an employer to attest, during the verification period and under penalty of perjury, that the employer has verified that an individual is not an unauthorized alien by: (1) obtaining and recording the individual's social security account number, and (2) examining specified documents that establish such individual's identity and employment authorization. Requires an individual to attest that he or she is a U.S. citizen or national, a lawful permanent resident, or an alien authorized to work in the United States. Establishes a phased-in EEVS participation deadline (six months to two years) for different categories of employers, including agricultural employers. Requires reverification of the following workers who have not been verified under E-verify: (1) federal, state, or local government employees; (2) certain employees who require a federal security clearance; and (3) certain employees assigned to work in the United States under a federal or state contract. Authorizes an employer to voluntarily reverify employees. (Requires any such reverification to be applied to all individuals so employed). Includes employment recruitment and referral within the scope of EEVS. Requires EEVS use by union halls and nonprofit employment agencies. Requires EEVS to provide employers with: (1) temporary verification or nonverification within 3 working days of an inquiry; and (2) in the case of nonverification, a final verification or nonverification within 10 working days. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) an employer utilizing a good faith defense, (2) preemption of state or local law, (3) employer penalties, and (4) worker remedies for EEVS errors. Provides for the establishment of programs to: (1) block the use of misused social security numbers, and (2) suspend or limit the use of social security numbers of victims of identity fraud. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a program under which parents or legal guardians may suspend or limit the use of the social security account number or other identifying information of a minor for the purposes of the employment eligibility verification system, and (2) establish an Identity Authentication Employment Eligibility Verification pilot program to provide employers with identity authentication and employment verification of enrolled new employees.

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Timeline

  1. 26 April 2013

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 26 April 2013

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 26 April 2013

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 16 May 2013

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

    Source: Committee

  5. 16 May 2013

    Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held.

    Source: Committee

  6. 3 June 2013

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

    Source: Committee

  7. 25 June 2013

    Committee

    Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security Discharged.

    Source: Committee

  8. 26 June 2013

    Vote

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 9.

    Source: Committee

  9. 26 June 2013

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

  10. 16 December 2014

    Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 508.

    Source: Calendars

  11. 16 December 2014

    Discharge

    Committee on Ways and Means discharged.

    Source: Discharge

  12. 16 December 2014

    Committee

    Committee on Ways and Means discharged.

    Source: Committee

  13. 16 December 2014

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 113-677, Part I.

    Source: Committee

  14. 16 December 2014

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 113-677, Part I.

    Source: Committee

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