[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4306 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4306

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 6, 2004

Mr. Cannon (for himself and Mr. Andrews) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
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.

    Section 274A(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1324a(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), 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 or electronic 
        version of'' after ``must retain''.
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