[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 9 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]






                                                         Calendar No. 9
111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                  S. 9

  To strengthen the United States economy, provide for more effective 
       border and employment enforcement, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 6, 2009

 Mr. Reid (for himself, Mr. Levin, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Begich, 
 Mr. Durbin, Mr. Leahy, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. 
 Lieberman, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Schumer, and Mr. Brown) introduced the 
             following bill; which was read the first time

                            January 7, 2009

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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                                 A BILL


 
  To strengthen the United States economy, provide for more effective 
       border and employment enforcement, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Stronger Economy, Stronger Borders 
Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that Congress should enact, and the 
President should sign, legislation to strengthen the economy, recognize 
the heritage of the United States as a nation of immigrants, and amend 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) by--
            (1) providing more effective border and employment 
        enforcement;
            (2) preventing illegal immigration; and
            (3) reforming and rationalizing avenues for legal 
        immigration.
                                                         Calendar No. 9

111th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                  S. 9

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                                 A BILL

  To strengthen the United States economy, provide for more effective 
       border and employment enforcement, and for other purposes.

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                            January 7, 2009

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar