Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- +9
- Latest action
- Mar 26, 2025
Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
What it does
Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act This bill expands the E-Verify program by requiring all employers to use it and permanently reauthorizes the program. Currently, E-Verify use is voluntary for most employers, although some states mandate its use. All employers must use E-Verify to confirm the identity and employment eligibility of all recruited, referred, or hired individuals, including current employees who were never verified under the program. Failure to use E-Verify shall create a rebuttable presumption that the employer is violating immigration law. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services must generate weekly reports about individuals who have received a final…
Official summary · Introduced in Senate · Mar 26, 2025
Titles and provisions can change as the bill moves.
What moved
Who is involved
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]Lead sponsor
- Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN]Co-sponsor
- Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL]Co-sponsor
- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]Co-sponsor
- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]Co-sponsor
- Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]Co-sponsor
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
- Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN]
- Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL]
- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
- Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
- Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN]
- Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
- Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
- Sen. Moreno, Bernie [R-OH]
- Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT]
- Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL]
- Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
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