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The bill strengthens federal contracting integrity by mandating E-Verify for contractors, but does so at the cost of higher compliance burdens and disruption risks for workers and smaller firms and with added enforcement costs for the government.
Taxpayers and federal agencies: requiring E-Verify for contractors reduces the likelihood that federal contracts are performed by unauthorized workers, improving contract integrity and national security.
Government contractors: a single, statutory verification requirement creates standardized, predictable compliance expectations across federal contracting.
Government contractors (especially small businesses): mandatory E-Verify increases administrative burdens and operating costs to enroll in and run the system for all covered employees.
Immigrants and other workers: mandatory E-Verify can produce erroneous mismatches that disrupt employment for lawful workers and create additional dispute-resolution burdens.
Small subcontractors and bidders: smaller firms may be priced out of or excluded from federal contracting if they cannot afford E-Verify compliance, reducing competition for contracts.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires every contractor and subcontractor for executive and legislative branch agencies to enroll in and use E‑Verify for employment eligibility verification.
Requires that every contractor and every subcontractor at any tier who performs work for the executive or legislative branches must enroll in and participate in the federal E-Verify employment eligibility program and follow its rules. The change amends existing federal employment verification law to make E-Verify mandatory for all federal contractors and subcontractors.
Introduced April 3, 2025 by Ryan Mackenzie · Last progress April 3, 2025