Bill > S156

This bill, the Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act, aims to expand the use of E-Verify, the electronic employment eligibility verification system, in order to hold employers accountable for hiring unauthorized workers. Key provisions of the bill include: - Permanently reauthorizing E-Verify and making its use mandatory for all employers in the United States within one year, with exceptions for certain employers and interim requirements before the one-year deadline. - Increasing penalties for employers who fail to use E-Verify or provide false information to the system, including the potential for debarment from federal contracts. - Requiring information sharing between government agencies like the Social Security Administration and Department of Homeland Security to improve identification of unauthorized workers. - Establishing an Employer Compliance Inspection Center within Immigration and Customs Enforcement to centralize and standardize enforcement of employment eligibility verification requirements. Overall, the bill aims to make E-Verify a universal requirement for all employers and strengthen the consequences for noncompliance in order to deter the hiring of unauthorized workers.