[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 63 (Monday, April 17, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1136-S1137]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 68. Mr. HAGERTY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 870, to amend the Federal Fire Prevention and 
Control Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for the United States 
Fire Administration and firefighter assistance grant programs; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the bill, add the following:

     SEC. 8. MANDATORY USE OF E-VERIFY.

       The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 
     U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

     ``SEC. 39. MANDATORY USE OF E-VERIFY.

       ``No funds authorized under this Act may be awarded to an 
     eligible entity unless such entity--
       ``(1) has enrolled in the E-Verify Program described in 
     section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
     Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of Public 
     Law 104-208; 8 U.S.C. 1324a note); and

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       ``(2) is in full compliance with all of the procedures 
     described in such section relating to hiring workers for 
     employment in the United States.''.
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