American Labor, Wages, and Sovereignty Act
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A merican Labor, Wages, and Sovereignty Act or the American LAWS Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the diversity immigrant program, and (2) reduce the worldwide fiscal year level for family-sponsored immigration. Legal Workforce Act The bill revises the employment eligibility verification process. It also increases employer penalties for the unlawful hiring of illegal aliens. The bill establishes a nonimmigrant alien visa for the parent of a U.S. citizen who is at least 21 years old. The Department of Homeland Security shall establish: (1) an employment eligibility verification system (EEVS), patterned after the E-Verify system; (2) programs to block the use of misused social security numbers and suspend the use of social security account numbers of identity fraud victims; and (3) at least two Identity Authentication Employment Eligibility Verification pilot programs using distinct technologies to provide employers with identity authentication and employment verification of new employees.
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2017 · second_quarter · Health Issues
21st Century Cures ACA Implementation Better Care Reconciliation Act S.J. Res. 3, Drug Importation Amendments FDA User Fee Act Reauthorizations H. Res. 154, Budget Reconciliation Instructions to Repeal and Replace Obama Care H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act (AHCA) H.R. 4340, Food and Drug Administration Reauthorization Act (FDARA) Health Care Reform H.R. 1101, Small Business Health Fairness Act H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act Pharmaceutical Pricing Transparency Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) Reauthorization S. Con. Res. 3, Obamacare Repeal Resolution Stop-loss protection issues - self-insured health plans Tax Treatment of Employer-Sponsored Health Care
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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| George Holding | Republican | NC |
| Jeff Duncan | Republican | SC |
| Lamar Smith | Republican | TX |
| Lou Barletta | Republican | PA |
| Mark Meadows | Republican | NC |
| Michael Cloud | Republican | TX |
| Mo Brooks | Republican | AL |
| Paul A. Gosar | Republican | AZ |
| Ralph Norman | Republican | SC |
| Robert B. Aderholt | Republican | AL |
| Steven M. Palazzo | Republican | MS |
| Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. | Republican | VA |
| Todd Rokita | Republican | IN |
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