[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4306 Received in Senate (RDS)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 4306


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 7, 2004

                                Received

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                                 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.

            Passed the House of Representatives October 6, 2004.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.