3.0.0 1010 2023-01-11T13:35:13Z 2023-01-11T13:35:13Z House HR 2017-02-13 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 25 (Monday, February 13, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BARLETTA:H.R. 1010.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 4 and 18[Page H1126]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2017-03-02T18:39:22Z Referred to 2017-02-13T17:03:10Z 2017-03-02 hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Committee 2017-02-13 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2017-02-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-02-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001269 Rep. Barletta, Lou [R-PA-11] Lou Barletta R PA 11 N B001274 Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5] Mo Brooks R AL 5 2017-03-01 False G000565 Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] Paul Gosar R AZ A. 4 2018-01-05 False Immigration Border security and unlawful immigration Foreign labor Immigration status and procedures Visas and passports Immigration 00 2017-02-13 Introduced in House 2017-03-04T15:12:37Z Defense of Legal Workers Act of 2017

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) exclude from the definition of "unauthorized alien," with respect to the unlawful employment of aliens, any alien otherwise admitted to and lawfully present in the United States; and (2) consider an alien without lawful status to be an unauthorized alien whose employment is unlawful.

]]> Defense of Legal Workers Act of 2017 Display Title Defense of Legal Workers Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to expand the definition of an unauthorized alien to include aliens who have not been admitted to and are not lawfully present in the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Defense of Legal Workers Act of 2017 Introduced in House 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr1010ih/xml/BILLS-115hr1010ih.xml 2017-03-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. 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.