Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Since President Bush ordered Federal agencies
to comply with E-Verify back in 2007, this amendment, if it only
applies to hiring at Federal agencies, would do absolutely nothing. I
am not aware of any effort by the Trump administration to undo
President Bush's order, so it is a needless use of the House's time. I believe the gentleman's language would also require every one of
the local county employees or local folks to be E-Verified. Wouldn't
this add another burden on USDA when it has to implement the new farm
bill? If so, I would like to ask the gentleman what he expects would happen
in an emergency, such as we experienced from Hurricane Harvey, when
USDA may need to bring on employees quickly. They would have to wait
for E-Verify clearance. I would also submit that it is not clear whether the language also
covers every single person who receives any of the funds in this bill
as a grantee. I think it is unclear and would risk requiring every
single one of the thousands of grantees to go through E-Verify. Then
you would impose a truly undue burden on many small farmers, ranchers,
and businesses that receive grants in this bill. I would strongly
oppose that.
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