House panel to examine Sam Johnson’s New Employee Verification Act as a component of immigration reform
Washington,
Apr 30 -
On Tuesday, May 6th at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Social Security of the Ways and Means Committee will host a hearing titled, “Hearing on Employment Eligibility Verification Systems and the Potential Impacts on SSA’s Ability to Serve Retirees, People with Disabilities, and Workers.”
As part of the hearing, the panel will examine bipartisan legislation, the New Employee Verification Act (NEVA), H.R. 5515, authored by U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (3rd Dist.-Texas).
Earlier this year, Johnson, the Ranking Member of the Social Security Subcommittee, introduced NEVA. The Act will achieve three important objectives: ensure a legal workforce, secure workers’ identity, and protect Social Security. Johnson’s initiative replaces the current error-prone and cumbersome I-9 process with a new, effective electronic employee verification system that will make employers part of the solution to the problem of illegal immigration.
Johnson serves as the highest-ranking Republican on the panel and he will give an opening statement and question the panelists.
WHEN: Tuesday, May 6
10:00 a.m.
WHAT: “Hearing on Employment Eligibility Verification Systems and the Potential Impacts on SSA’s Ability to Serve Retirees, People with Disabilities, and Workers
WHO: Subcommittee on Social Security
WHERE: B-318 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C.
