[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3612 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3612

    To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for no 
    preemption of certain State and local laws regarding employment 
                 eligibility verification requirements.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 20, 2007

 Mr. Weldon of Florida (for himself, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Pence, Mr. Wamp, 
 Mr. Akin, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Campbell of California, 
Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. Miller of 
Florida, Mr. David Davis of Tennessee, and Mrs. Myrick) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for no 
    preemption of certain State and local laws regarding employment 
                 eligibility verification requirements.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Local Law Enforcement Restoration 
Act''.

SEC. 2. NO PREEMPTION OF CERTAIN STATE AND LOCAL LAWS REGARDING 
              EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 274A(h) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)) is amended to read 
as follows:
            ``(2) No preemption.--The provisions of this section shall 
        not preempt any State or local law that imposes--
                    ``(A) employment eligibility verification 
                requirements imposed upon employers or employees 
                consistent with or in addition to the employment 
                eligibility verification requirements under this 
                section;
                    ``(B) civil or criminal penalties for violation of 
                such State or local employment eligibility verification 
                requirements;
                    ``(C) civil or criminal penalties for acts 
                prohibited in this section;
                    ``(D) licensing sanctions for violation of such 
                State or local employment eligibility verification 
                requirements;
                    ``(E) licensing sanctions for acts prohibited in 
                this section; or
                    ``(F) limitations on the right of a private party 
                to sue for up to treble damages.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply as 
of such date to all applicable State or local laws that were enacted 
before, on, or after January 1, 2005.
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