119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Mar 26, 2025
Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act
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Latest action (Mar 26, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Immigration
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Mar 26, 2025)
Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act
This bill expands the E-Verify program by requiring all employers to use it and permanently reauthorizes the program. Currently, E-Verify use is voluntary for most employers, although some states mandate its use.
All employers must use E-Verify to confirm the identity and employment eligibility of all recruited, referred, or hired individuals, including current employees who were never verified under the program. Failure to use E-Verify shall create a rebuttable presumption that the employer is violating immigration law.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services must generate weekly reports about individuals who have received a final nonconfirmation of employment eligibility. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must use the report to enforce immigration laws.
The bill increases civil and criminal penalties for hiring non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) who are not authorized to work. DHS must bar repeat offenders and those criminally convicted from holding federal contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements.
The Social Security Administration, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, and DHS must jointly establish a program to share information to help identify non-U.S. nationals who are not authorized to work.
The bill establishes the Employer Compliance Inspection Center within Homeland Security Investigations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The center's duties include processing I-9 employment eligibility verification forms and ensuring compliance with employment eligibility laws.
DHS must report to Congress on ways to simplify procedures relating to I-9 forms and on whether the I-9 process should be eliminated.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
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VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LLC · lobbying firm or registrant: VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LCC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 21, 2026 · issue area: Immigration
$180,000
Spent on own lobbying
…10051 - PERM Backlog Reduction Act of 2026 H.R. 10460 - SMARTER Act S. 2 - Secure America Act S. 709 - Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act S. 1151 - Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 1233 - Keep STEM Talent Act of 2025 S. 1292 - Save Our Seafood Act S. 2759 - Healthcare Workforce Resil…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LLC · lobbying firm or registrant: VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LCC
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 19, 2026 · issue area: Immigration
$190,000
Spent on own lobbying
….R. 9310 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2027 S. 2 - Secure America Act S. 709 - Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act S. 1151 - Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 1233 - Keep STEM Talent Act of 2025 S. 1292 - Save Our Seafood Act S. 2759 - Healthcare Workforce Resil…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LLC · lobbying firm or registrant: VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LCC
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 17, 2026 · issue area: Immigration
$170,000
Spent on own lobbying
…s for Economic Advancement Act H.R. 6305 - High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act S. 709 - Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act S. 1151 - Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 1233 - Keep STEM Talent Act of 2025 S. 1292 - Save Our Seafood Act S. 2587 - Departments of Labor, Heal…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LLC · lobbying firm or registrant: VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LCC
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Immigration
$160,000
Spent on own lobbying
…s for Economic Advancement Act H.R. 6305 - High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act S. 709 - Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act S. 1151 - Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 1233 - Keep STEM Talent Act of 2025 S. 1292 - Save Our Seafood Act S. 2587 - Departments of Labor, Heal…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NUMBERSUSA ACTION, INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: NUMBERSUSA ACTION, INC.
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Dec 22, 2025 · issue area: Immigration
Amount not reported
…icies that protect American jobs and wages, such as E-Verify. As well, focus on funding for border enforcement and interior enforcement. legislation including: S. 1151 Accountability through Electronic Verification Act, HR 251 Legal Workforce Act, HR 569 Birthright Citizenship Act, S. 304 Birthright Citizenship Act, HR 1241 T…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. View filing
VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LLC · lobbying firm or registrant: VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LCC
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 21, 2025 · issue area: Immigration
$65,000
Spent on own lobbying
…Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 H.R. 5494 - Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act S. 709 - Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act S. 1151 - Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 1233 - Keep STEM Talent Act of 2025 S. 1292 - Save Our Seafood Act S. 2587 - Departments of Labor, Heal…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NUMBERSUSA ACTION, INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: NUMBERSUSA ACTION, INC.
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 21, 2025 · issue area: Immigration
Amount not reported
…icies that protect American jobs and wages, such as E-Verify. As well, focus on funding for border enforcement and interior enforcement. legislation including: S. 1151 Accountability through Electronic Verification Act, HR 251 Legal Workforce Act, HR 569 Birthright Citizenship Act, S. 304 Birthright Citizenship Act, HR 1241 T…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. View filing
VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LLC · lobbying firm or registrant: VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LCC
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 17, 2025 · issue area: Immigration
$70,000
Spent on own lobbying
…and for other purposes. H.R. 4213 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 S. 709 - Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act S. 1151 - Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 1233 - Keep STEM Talent Act of 2025 S. 1292 - Save Our Seafood Act Matters concerning or related to: EB…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LLC · lobbying firm or registrant: VANTEO FKA BDV SOLUTIONS LCC
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 21, 2025 · issue area: Immigration
$40,000
Spent on own lobbying
…s and other extensions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. S. 709 - Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act S. 1151 - Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 1292 - Save Our Seafood Act Matters concerning or related to: EB-3 Visa Issues; H-2B Visa Issues; H-2A…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NUMBERSUSA ACTION, INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: NUMBERSUSA ACTION, INC.
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 21, 2025 · issue area: Immigration
Amount not reported
…icies that protect American jobs and wages, such as E-Verify. As well, focus on funding for border enforcement and interior enforcement. legislation including: S. 1151 Accountability through Electronic Verification Act, HR 251 Legal Workforce Act, HR 569 Birthright Citizenship Act, S. 304 Birthright Citizenship Act, HR 1241 T…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. View filing