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[H.R. 4306 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.4306

                       One Hundred Eighth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
           the twentieth day of January, two thousand and four


                                 An Act


 
To amend section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve 
  the process for verifying an individual's eligibility for employment.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. IMPROVEMENTS TO EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION SYSTEM.

    (a) In General.--Section 274A(b) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(b)) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting before ``A person or 
    entity has complied'' the following: ``Such attestation may be 
    manifested by either a hand-written or an electronic signature.'';
        (2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following: 
    ``Such attestation may be manifested by either a hand-written or an 
    electronic signature.''; and
        (3) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``a paper, microfiche, 
    microfilm, or electronic version of'' after ``must retain''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the earlier of--
        (1) the date on which final regulations implementing such 
    amendments take effect; or
        (2) 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.