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Calendar No. 595
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2710
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 5, 2008
Mr. Sessions introduced the following bill; which was read the first time
March 6, 2008
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
A BILL
To authorize the Department of Homeland Security to use
an employer’s failure to timely resolve discrepancies with the Social Security
Administration after receiving a no match
notice as evidence
that the employer violated section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality
Act.
Constructive knowledge that employee is an unauthorized alien
Section 274A(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(a)) is amended—
in paragraph
(1)(A), by inserting , or having constructive knowledge that,
after knowing
;
in paragraph (2), by inserting , or
having constructive knowledge that,
after knowing
;
and
by adding at the end the following:
Constructive knowledge defined
In this subsection, constructive knowledge is deemed to have been obtained by an employer that—
receives a social security no-match letter notifying the employer that the Social Security Administration has been unable to match the employee’s name with the Social Security number provided by the employer; and
fails to take the corrective action suggested by the Social Security Administration or the Department of Homeland Security within 90 days of receiving the letter described in subparagraph (A).
.
Termination of employees based on constructive knowledge that employees are unauthorized aliens is not an unfair immigration-related employment practice
Section 274B(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(2)) is amended—
in subparagraph (A), by striking the comma at the end and inserting a semicolon;
in subparagraph
(B), by striking , or
and inserting a semicolon;
in subparagraph
(C), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or
;
and
by adding at the end the following:
the firing of an employee by an employer that has constructive knowledge that the employee is not authorized to work in the United States based on the receipt of notice from the Social Security Administration that the name and number provided by the employee do not match, and can not be corrected to match, the records of the Social Security Administration.
.
Rulemaking
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall promulgate regulations to—
carry out the amendment made by section 1; and
interpret the exception contained in the amendment made by section 2.
Disclosure of no match letters
Section 6103(l) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
Disclosure of certain taxpayer identity information by social security administration to department of homeland security
From taxpayer identity information which has been disclosed to the Social Security Administration, the Commissioner of Social Security shall disclose directly to officers and employees of the Department of Homeland Security—
the taxpayer identity information of each person who has filed in information return required by reason section 6051, which contains more than 10 names and taxpayer identifying numbers of employees (within the meaning of such section)—
that did not match the records maintained by the Commissioner of Social Security, or
with the same taxpayer identification number, and
the number of employees described in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A).
.
March 6, 2008
Read the second time and placed on the calendar