,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dgh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #d1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,gingrey of ,georgia introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 and in
 addition to the ,committee on          
,education and the ,workforce1 for a    
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,illegal ,immigration ,reform 
and ,immigrant ,responsibility ,act of  
#aiif 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #acbd;a note7 to    
make the ,e-,verify ,program permanent  
and mandatory1 and to provide for       
certain changes to procedures for       
participants in the ,program4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,e-,verify ,modernization ,act of   
#bjac4  #b4 ,e-verify made permanent and
 mandatory  7a7 ,made permanent ,section
 #dja7;b7 of the ,illegal ,immigration  

,reform and ,immigrant ,responsibility  
,act of #aiif 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #acbd;a     
note7 is amended by adding before the   
period at the end of the last sentence  
the following3 1 except that the        
,e-,verify ,program described in section
 #djc7;a7 shall be a permanent program4 
7b7 ,made mandatory ,section #djb of    
such ,act is amended--  7#a7 in         
subsection 7a71 by inserting after      
,except as specifically provided in     
subsection 7e7 the following3 or        
subsection 7g72 and  7#b7 by adding at  
the end the following3  7g7 ,mandatory  
participation in the ,e-,verify ,program
 ,not later than #fj days after the date
 of enactment of the ,e-,verify         
,modernization ,act of #bjac1 every     
person or other entity that hires one or
 more individuals for employment in the 
,united ,states shall elect to          
participate in the ,e-,verify program   
described in section #djc7;a71 and shall
 comply with the terms and conditions of
 such an election1 including by         

verifying through the ,e-,verify program
 that each such individual is authorized
 to work in the ,united ,states4  4  #c4
 ,procedures for participants ,section  
#djc of the ,illegal ,immigration       
,reform and ,immigrant ,responsibility  
,act of #aiif 7division ,c of ,public   
,law #ajd-bjh2 #h ,u4,s4,c4 #acbd;a     
note7 is amended--  7#a7 in subsection  
7a77#c77;,a71 by adding at the end the  
following3 ,the person or other entity  
may wait for confirmation of the        
individual's identity and work          
eligibility before beginning to pay or  
train the individual42  7#b7 in         
subsection 7a77#c71 by adding at the end
 the following3  7,c7 ,current employees
 ,not later than #ad business days after
 beginning to participate in the        
program1 a person or other entity may   
use the program to verify the employment
 authorization of an employee hired     
prior to the participation in the       
program only if the person or other     
entity verifies the employment          

authorization of every employee hired   
prior to the participation in the       
program4  2 and  7#c7 in subsection     
7a77#d77;,b77iii71 by inserting after   
until a nonconfirmation becomes final   
the following3 and the individual       
exhausts any administrative or judicial 
review if the individual initiates such 
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