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Overview

To require employers to conduct employment eligibility verification.

111-hr19 — To require employers to conduct employment eligibility verification.. Sponsored by Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-44]. Introduced 2009-01-06. House bill. 111th Congress.

111-hr19 111th Congress House Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Died in Committee
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To require employers to conduct employment eligibility verification.

Timeline

Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-44]
Sponsor
Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-44] (R), CA
Cosponsors
11 cosponsors
Introduced
2009-01-06
Committees
Homeland Security Committee; Education and the Workforce Committee; Judiciary Committee
Subjects
Border security and unlawful immigration; Civil actions and liability; Foreign labor; Government information and archives

Bill Activity

House
Introduced in House
2009-01-06
Committee
2009-01-06
Referred to House Education and Labor
Committee
2009-02-09
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Committee
2009-03-06
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

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