Mr. Speaker. I rise today in support of the employees verification amendment. I urge my colleagues to support this bill. The Employee Verification Amendment Act reauthorizes the Department of Homeland Securitys (DHS) Basic Pilot electronic employment eligibility verification program. also known as "EVerify." Without congressional action. EVerify will expire in November 2008. This legislation provides for a 5year extension of this voluntary program for the electronic employment verification of employees. It also includes provisions that ensure DHS provides timely reimbursements to the Social Security Administration (SSA) for EVerifys use of SSA resources. Two Government Accountability Office studies are also authorized.