Sponsor
Mark Alford
Representative · R-MO
The bill ties paid political work by charities to E‑Verify, giving nonprofits a clearer compliance framework and reducing unauthorized hires but imposing administrative costs and verification risks that can reduce paid civic participation and delay or exclude some workers.
Nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations gain a clearer compliance pathway because tying paid political work to E‑Verify creates a defined federal process for verifying hires, reducing legal uncertainty about hiring obligations.
Nonprofits that pay for campaign‑related or political services will be required to check worker eligibility via E‑Verify, which reduces the risk of hiring unauthorized workers for paid political roles.
Small nonprofits and religious organizations must enroll in and use E‑Verify, creating new administrative costs and burden that strain limited budgets and staff.
Nonprofits (and low‑income individuals who rely on paid opportunities) may avoid paid political participation or shift political work to unpaid volunteers to escape verification costs, reducing civic participation and chilling nonprofit speech.
Immigrant and other workers who lack full documentation or who are hired for short‑term/seasonal political work risk misclassification or employment delays from verification checks, disrupting staffing for programs that rely on short‑term hires.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires 501(c)(3) charities that pay individuals for political services to enroll in and comply with E‑Verify.
Representative · R-MO
Requires 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charities that pay any individual for political purposes or to take an active part in political management or a political campaign to enroll in and use the federal E‑Verify employment verification program and to follow its rules. The change creates a new employer verification obligation for charities when they make paid political-service payments, but does not change tax-exempt status rules or appropriate new funding.
Official title: To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to require that certain nonprofits comply with E-Verify.
Introduced February 25, 2026 by Mark Alford · Last progress February 25, 2026