H.R. 3711: Legal Workforce Act

9/8/17 AILA Doc. No. 17092033. Business Immigration, Congress, Employer Compliance

On 10/25/17, the House Judiciary Committee approved the Legal Workforce Act by a vote of 20-10, as amended by Representative Smith.


The House Judiciary Committee conducted a markup of the Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 3711) on October 24, 2017, at 10:00 am (ET) and October 25, 2017, at 11:00am (ET), along with the Agricultural Guestworker Act (H.R. 4092).


On 10/19/17, Representative Smith proposed an amendment in the nature of a substitution to H.R. 3711.


On 9/8/17, Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX) introduced the H.R. 3711: Legal Workforce Act, which would institute mandatory E-Verify over a period of 24 months.

Cite as AILA Doc. No. 17092033.