S.Amdt. 68

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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