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 100 STAT. 3374

PUBLIC LAW 99-603—NOV. 6, 1986

producing and issuing social security account number cards that are more resistant to counterfeiting than social security account number cards being issued on the date of enactment of this Act by the Social Security Administration, including the use of encoded magnetic, optical, or active electronic media such as magnetic stripes, holograms, and integrated circuit chips. Such inquiry should focus on technologies that will help ensure the authenticity of the card, rather than the identity of the bearer. (2) The Comptroller General of the United States shall explore additional actions that could be taken to reduce the potential for fraudulently obtaining and using social security account number cards. (3) Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall prepare and transmit to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a report setting forth his findings and recommendations under this subsection.

Reports.

SEC. 102. UNFAIR IMMIGRATION-RELATED EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 8 of title II is further amended by inserting after section 274A, as inserted by section 101(a), the following new section: UNFAIR IMMIGRATION-RELATED EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES

8 USC 1324b.

"SEC. 274B. (a) PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION BASED ON NATIONAL ORIGIN OR CITIZENSHIP STATUS.— "(1) GENERAL RULE.—It is an unfair immigration-related

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employment practice for a person or other entity to discriminate against any individual (other than an unauthorized alien) with respect to the hiring, or recruitment or referral for a fee, of the individual for employment or the discharging of the individual from employment— "(A) because of such individual's national origin, or "(B) in the case of a citizen or intending citizen (as defined in paragraph (3)), because of such individual's citizenship status. "(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to— "(A) a person or other entity that employs three or fewer employees, "(B) a person's or entity's discrimination because of an individual's national origin if the discrimination with respect to that person or entity and that individual is covered under section 703 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, or "(C) discrimination because of citizenship status which is otherwise required in order to comply with law, regulation, or executive order, or required by Federal, State, or local government contract, or which the Attorney General determines to be essential for an employer to do business with an agency or department of the Federal, State, or local government. "(3) DEFINITION OF CITIZEN OR INTENDING CITIZEN.—As used in paragraph (1), the term 'citizen or intending citizen' means an individual who— "(A) is a citizen or national of the United States, or

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