3.0.0 1505 2023-01-11T13:18:14Z 2023-01-11T13:18:14Z Senate S S 2009-07-23 111 hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing Legislative interest 2010-09-22T16:38:00Z ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-07-23T17:08:48Z Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement Act of 2009 111 3308 HR 2010-06-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. Related bill CRS Text similarities House 2009-07-23 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2009-07-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford N L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2009-07-23 True V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2009-07-23 True B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2009-07-23 True S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL 2009-07-24 False A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2009-07-29 False Immigration Arizona Border security and unlawful immigration California Canada Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal justice information and records Department of Homeland Security Detention of persons Foreign labor Forests, forestry, trees Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government information and archives Judges Latin America Law enforcement administration and funding Law enforcement officers Mexico New Mexico Parks, recreation areas, trails Smuggling and trafficking Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Terrorism Texas Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Wages and earnings Immigration 00 2009-07-23 Introduced in Senate 2009-08-07T20:00:16Z Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement Act of 2009 or SAVE Act of 2009 - Sets forth border security and enforcement provisions, including provisions respecting: (1) increases in Border Patrol and investigative personnel; (2) recruitment of former military personnel; (3) use of Department of Defense (DOD) equipment; (4) infrastructure improvements; (5) aerial and other surveillance; (5) a national strategy to secure the borders; (6) accountable financing under the Secure Border Initiative; (7) emergency deployment of Border Patrol agents; and (8) expansion of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism along the northern and southern borders.

Requires that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel check against terrorist watchlists alien smugglers and smuggled individuals who are interdicted at U.S. borders.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act and specified maritime law sections to revise alien smuggling provisions.

Sets forth provisions respecting border security on certain federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior.

Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the basic employment eligibility confirmation pilot program permanent.

Sets forth conditions for the mandatory use of the E-verify system.

Requires: (1) employer/employee notification of social security number mismatches and multiple uses, and related information sharing with DHS; and (2) establishment of electronic birth and death registration systems.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) penalize specified employers for failure to correct information returns; and (2) prohibit employers from deducting from gross income wages paid to unauthorized aliens, with an exception for an employer participating in the basic employment eligibility confirmation program.

Increases criminal alien program (CAP) personnel.

Authorizes border relief grants for local law enforcement agencies within 25 miles of the southern U.S. border.

Establishes within DHS a rewards program to assist in the elimination of commercial operations to produce or sell fraudulent immigration-related documents and to assist in the investigation, prosecution, or disruption of commercial alien smuggling operations.

Provides for: (1) increased alien detention facilities; (2) additional immigration court judgeships; and (3) a media campaign to inform the public of changes made by this Act including a multilingual media campaign explaining noncompliance penalties.

]]> SAVE Act of 2009 Display Title SAVE Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide immigration reform by securing America's borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced SAVE Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-07-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1505is/xml/BILLS-111s1505is.xml 2009-07-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.