LIMITING LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN TECHNICAL VIOLATIONS OF PAPERWORK REQUIREMENTS.

SEC. 411. LIMITING LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN TECHNICAL VIOLATIONS OF PAPERWORK REQUIREMENTS. (a) In General.— Section 274A(b) (8 U.S.C. 1324a(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(6) Good faith compliance.— “(A) In general.— Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), a person or entity is considered to have complied with a requirement of this subsection notwithstanding a technical or procedural failure to meet such requirement if there was a good faith attempt to comply with the requirement. “(B) Exception if failure to correct after notice.— Subparagraph (A) shall not apply if— “(i) the Service (or another enforcement agency) has explained to the person or entity the basis for the failure, “(ii) the person or entity has been provided a period of not less than 10 business days (beginning after the date of the explanation) within which to correct the failure, and “(iii) the person or entity has not corrected the failure voluntarily within such period. “(C) Exception for pattern or practice violators.— Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to a person or entity that has or is engaging in a pattern or practice of violations of subsection (a)(1)(A) or (a)(2).”. (b) Effective Date.— The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to failures occurring on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.