[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3483 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3483

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require as a condition of 
the earned income tax credit that an individual be allowed to engage in 
                    employment in the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2017

   Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require as a condition of 
the earned income tax credit that an individual be allowed to engage in 
                    employment in the United States.

    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 ``EITC Eligibility Verification Act''.

SEC. 2. INDIVIDUALS PROHIBITED FROM ENGAGING IN EMPLOYMENT IN UNITED 
              STATES NOT ELIGIBLE FOR EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT.

    (a) In General.--Section 32(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(other than'' and all that follows 
        through ``of the Social Security Act)'', and
            (2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
        following: ``, but only if, in the case of subsection 
        (c)(1)(E), the social security number is issued to a citizen of 
        the United States or pursuant to subclause (I) (or that portion 
        of subclause (III) that relates to subclause (I)) of section 
        205(c)(2)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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