Permanent E-Verify Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1806 To make the E-Verify program permanent, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 12, 2019 Mr. ROMNEY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To make the E-Verify program permanent, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Permanent E-Verify 4 Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. PERMANENT AUTHORIZATION OF E-VERIFY. 6 Section 401 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 7 Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a 8 note) is amended— 9 (1) by amending the section heading to read as 10 follows: ‘‘E-VERIFY PROGRAM’’; and 11 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:21 Jun 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1806.IS S1806 tkelley on DSKBCP9HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 1806 IS (2) in subsection (b)— 1 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 2 ‘‘; TERMINATION’’; and 3 (B) by striking ‘‘Unless the Congress oth- 4 erwise provides, the Secretary of Homeland Se- 5 curity shall terminate a pilot program on Sep- 6 tember 30, 2015.’’. 7 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:29 Jun 14, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1806.IS S1806 tkelley on DSKBCP9HB2PROD with BILLS