[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3978 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3978

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit an institution of 
higher education that employs unauthorized aliens from receiving funds 
  from Federal student assistance or Federal institutional aid and to 
require institutions of higher education to participate in the E-Verify 
     Program in order to be eligible to participate in any program 
                 authorized under title IV of such Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 19, 2024

  Mr. Vance (for himself, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. 
Budd) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 
       to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit an institution of 
higher education that employs unauthorized aliens from receiving funds 
  from Federal student assistance or Federal institutional aid and to 
require institutions of higher education to participate in the E-Verify 
     Program in order to be eligible to participate in any program 
                 authorized under title IV of such Act.

    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 ``College Employment Accountability 
Act''.

SEC. 2. INELIGIBILITY DUE TO EMPLOYMENT OF UNAUTHORIZED ALIENS.

    Part B of title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1011 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 124. INELIGIBILITY DUE TO EMPLOYMENT OF UNAUTHORIZED ALIENS.

    ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no institution of 
higher education shall be eligible to receive funds from Federal 
student assistance or Federal institutional aid under this Act if the 
institution is found to be in violation of section 274A of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a).''.

SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE E-VERIFY PROGRAM.

    Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1094(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(30) The institution will participate in the E-Verify 
        Program under section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform 
        and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a 
        note).''.

SEC. 4. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY MONITORING AND NOTIFICATION 
              REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Monitoring.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall monitor 
every 6 months whether an institution of higher education is 
participating in the E-Verify Program under section 403(a) of the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 
U.S.C. 1324a note).
    (b) Notification.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify 
the Secretary of Education, not later than 10 days after the Secretary 
of Homeland Security finds--
            (1) an institution of higher education to be in violation 
        of section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
        U.S.C. 1324a); or
            (2) that an institution of higher education is not 
        participating in the E-Verify Program under section 403(a) of 
        the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act 
        of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note).
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