S.Amdt. 2253

SA 2253. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY CONFIRMATION PILOT PROGRAMS.

(a) Requiring Federal Departments and Agencies to Participate in the Basic Pilot Program.--Section 402(e)(1)(A) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended to read as follows:

“(A) Executive departments and agencies.--Each department and agency of the Federal Government--

“(i) shall participate in the basic pilot program described in section 403(a);

“(ii) shall comply with the terms and conditions of such program.”.

(b) Requiring Department of Defense Contractors to Participate in the Basic Pilot Program.--Section 402(e)(1) of such Act, as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end the following:

“(C) Department of defense contractors.--The following entities shall participate in the basic pilot program described in section 403(a) and shall comply with the terms and conditions of such program:

“(i) A contractor who has entered into a contract with the Department of Defense to which section 2(b)(1) of the Service Contract Act of 1965 (41 U.S.C. 351(b)(1)) applies, and any subcontractor under such contract.

“(ii) A contractor who has entered into a contract with the Department of Defense that is exempted from the application of such Act by section 6 of such Act (41 U.S.C. 356), and any subcontractor under such contract.”.

(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take effect 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.