[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4459 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4459

 To amend section 404 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
   Responsibility Act of 1996 to allow public institutions of higher 
    education to use the employment eligibility confirmation system 
    established under that section to verify immigration status for 
       purposes of determining eligibility for in-State tuition.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 12, 2007

 Mr. Shadegg introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
    Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 
Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend section 404 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
   Responsibility Act of 1996 to allow public institutions of higher 
    education to use the employment eligibility confirmation system 
    established under that section to verify immigration status for 
       purposes of determining eligibility for in-State tuition.

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

SECTION 1. USE OF EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY CONFIRMATION SYSTEM FOR STATUS 
              INQUIRIES BY PUBLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.

    Section 404(h) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 
3009-664) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Status inquiries by public colleges and 
        universities.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
        section, the confirmation system may be used to submit, and to 
        respond to, inquiries made by public institutions of higher 
        education to verify the authorization of a current or 
        prospective student to be present in the United States for the 
        purpose of determining the eligibility of the student for 
        reduced tuition made available on the basis of residence within 
        a State or political subdivision of a State.''.

SEC. 2. CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY.

    The constitutional authority on which this Act rests is the power 
of Congress to establish a uniform rule of naturalization and authority 
to provide for the general welfare of the United States as enumerated 
in article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
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