3.0.0 3534 2023-01-15T08:33:24Z 2023-01-15T08:33:24Z House H HR 2003-11-19 108 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee Referred to 2004-03-11T19:24:04Z hsed10 Workforce Protections Subcommittee Referred to 2004-03-11T19:23:36Z hsed02 Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Referred to 2004-03-11T19:22:06Z Referred to 2003-11-19T15:03:05Z hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2003-12-10T21:00:50Z Referred to 2003-11-19T15:02:45Z hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing hsgo18 Civil Service and Agency Organization Subcommittee Referred to 2003-12-05T22:19:56Z Referred to 2003-11-19T15:03:00Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm01 Social Security Subcommittee Referred to 2003-12-01T22:54:42Z Referred to 2003-11-19T15:02:50Z hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2003-11-19T15:03:10Z 2004-06-22 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4754-4758) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-03-11 hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. Committee 2004-03-11 hsed10 Workforce Protections Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Committee 2004-03-11 hsed02 Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. Committee 2003-12-10 hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims. Committee 2003-12-05 hsgo18 Civil Service and Agency Organization Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization. Committee 2003-12-01 hswm01 Social Security Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. Committee 2003-11-19 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, and International Relations, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2003-11-19 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, and International Relations, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2003-11-19 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, and International Relations, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2003-11-19 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, and International Relations, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2003-11-19 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, and International Relations, 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2003-11-19 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, and International Relations, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2003-11-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-11-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress T000458 Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6] THOMAS TANCREDO R CO G. 6 N D000168 Rep. Deal, Nathan [R-GA-10] NATHAN DEAL R GA 10 2003-11-19 True D000533 Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2] JOHN DUNCAN R TN J. 2 2003-11-19 True H000444 Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5] JOEL HEFLEY R CO 5 2003-11-19 True H000528 Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2] WALLY HERGER R CA 2 2003-11-19 True C000640 Rep. Collins, Mac [R-GA-8] MAC COLLINS R GA 8 2004-01-28 False Immigration Administrative fees Administrative remedies Admission of nonimmigrants Air force Alien labor Aliens Amnesties Armed Forces and National Security Army Arrest Bank accounts Border patrols Boundaries Civil actions and liability Computer matching Congress Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Counterfeiting Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal aliens Criminal justice information Data banks Department of Homeland Security Department of State Deportation Detention of persons Directories Dismissal of employees Driver licenses EBB Terrorism Economics and Public Finance Electronic data interchange Electronic government information Embassies Employee benefit plans Employee health benefits Employee rights Employee selection Employee training Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Families Federal aid programs Federal employees Federal law enforcement officers Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Fingerprints Foreign service Forgery Fraud Government Operations and Politics Government liability Government paperwork Government publicity Government trust funds Governmental investigations Grants-in-aid Health Identification devices Identification of criminals Illegal aliens Immigrants Injunctions International Affairs Internet Job hunting Labor and Employment Labor statistics Law Layoffs Married people Military civic action Passports Physical examinations Prisons Public records Recruiting of employees Residence requirements Right of asylum Salaries Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Social security numbers Surety and fidelity Surveys Tax returns Taxation Telephone Terrorism Transportation and Public Works Travel Travel costs Unemployment User charges Visas Vital statistics Wages Warrants (Law) Immigration 00 2003-11-19 Introduced in House 2004-03-03T20:46:08Z Border Enforcement and Revolving Employment to Assist Laborers Act of 2003 or the BE REAL Act of 2003 - Amends the Posse Comitatus Act to authorize the use of the U.S. military for border enforcement.

Suspends the visa waiver program until such time as the Secretary of Homeland Security certifies full implementation of an automated entry-exit system and the use of biometric machine readers and passports.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to establish criminal penalties for unlawful presence. Enhances civil and criminal penalties for document fraud and false statements of citizenship.

Amends Federal law concerning passports to require fingerprinting and background checks of applicants for U.S. passports.

Establishes a visa term compliance bond.

Requires the development and use of more secure Social Security cards and birth certificates.

Amends the INA to permit employers who seek work eligibility verification for new hires within three days after the date of hire to claim an affirmative defense to employer sanctions. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to create an electronic employment verification system. Exempts from liability those who rely on the verification system in good faith.

Establishes a new guest worker program that replaces the current H nonimmigrant visa category with a single H visa covering all aliens coming to the United States temporarily to perform skilled or unskilled work, where U.S. workers are not available. Requires that the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency make specified certifications to Congress as a prerequisite to implementation of the program.

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