Public Law 99-603
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Public Law 99-603 is the formal designation of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, a major U.S. federal law that overhauled immigration policy by imposing employer sanctions and providing legalization pathways for certain undocumented immigrants.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Public Law 99-603 canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2259350 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Public Law 99-603 Context triple: [Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, publicLawNumber, Public Law 99-603]
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Public Law 99-410
Public Law 99-410 is the U.S. federal statute that established the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, guaranteeing absentee voting rights in federal elections for military personnel and citizens living abroad.
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Public Law 99-433
Public Law 99-433 is the formal designation of the Goldwater–Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986, a landmark U.S. law that overhauled the military command structure and strengthened joint operations among the armed services.
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C.
Public Law 99-499
Public Law 99-499 is a U.S. federal statute enacted in 1986 that, among other provisions, established the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act to improve community safety through hazardous chemical reporting and emergency planning requirements.
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Public Law 99-508
Public Law 99-508 is the 1986 U.S. federal statute, known as the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, that expanded and updated government restrictions on wiretaps and electronic surveillance to cover modern digital and wireless communications.
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E.
Public Law 96-510
Public Law 96-510 is the formal designation of the U.S. federal statute commonly known as the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund), which governs the cleanup of hazardous waste sites and assigns liability for environmental contamination.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Public Law 99-603 Target entity description: Public Law 99-603 is the formal designation of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, a major U.S. federal law that overhauled immigration policy by imposing employer sanctions and providing legalization pathways for certain undocumented immigrants.
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A.
Public Law 99-410
Public Law 99-410 is the U.S. federal statute that established the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, guaranteeing absentee voting rights in federal elections for military personnel and citizens living abroad.
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B.
Public Law 99-433
Public Law 99-433 is the formal designation of the Goldwater–Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986, a landmark U.S. law that overhauled the military command structure and strengthened joint operations among the armed services.
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C.
Public Law 99-499
Public Law 99-499 is a U.S. federal statute enacted in 1986 that, among other provisions, established the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act to improve community safety through hazardous chemical reporting and emergency planning requirements.
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D.
Public Law 99-508
Public Law 99-508 is the 1986 U.S. federal statute, known as the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, that expanded and updated government restrictions on wiretaps and electronic surveillance to cover modern digital and wireless communications.
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E.
Public Law 96-510
Public Law 96-510 is the formal designation of the U.S. federal statute commonly known as the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund), which governs the cleanup of hazardous waste sites and assigns liability for environmental contamination.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
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immigration law ⓘ |
| amends | Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
employers in the United States
ⓘ
undocumented immigrants meeting specified criteria ⓘ |
| branchOfGovernment | legislative branch of the United States ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | 8 U.S.C. (Immigration and Nationality Act provisions) ⓘ |
| containsProvision |
anti-discrimination protections related to employment verification
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increased resources for border security ⓘ temporary and seasonal agricultural worker provisions ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| createsProgram |
H-2A temporary agricultural worker program
ⓘ
surface form:
Replenishment Agricultural Worker program
Special Agricultural Worker program ⓘ |
| enactedBy | 99th United States Congress ⓘ |
| establishes | employer verification requirements for work eligibility ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
border enforcement
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interior enforcement ⓘ legalization of long-term unauthorized residents ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn |
labor market regulation regarding unauthorized workers
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status of millions of undocumented immigrants in the United States ⓘ |
| hasLongTitle | An Act to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise and reform the immigration laws, and for other purposes ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
first major U.S. law to impose federal sanctions on employers for hiring unauthorized immigrants
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major overhaul of U.S. immigration policy in the 1980s ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form:
federal government of the United States
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalArea | immigration and nationality law ⓘ |
| legalizes |
certain agricultural workers through special programs
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certain undocumented immigrants who entered the United States before 1982 ⓘ |
| officialName | Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 ⓘ |
| policyApproach | combination of enforcement and legalization ⓘ |
| popularName | Simpson–Mazzoli Act ⓘ |
| providesFor |
civil penalties for employers who knowingly hire unauthorized aliens
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criminal penalties for patterns or practices of hiring unauthorized aliens ⓘ |
| publicLawNumber | 99-603 ⓘ |
| purpose |
to deter unauthorized immigration through employer sanctions
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to provide legalization pathways for certain undocumented immigrants ⓘ to reform and control immigration to the United States ⓘ |
| region | North America ⓘ |
| shortName | IRCA ⓘ |
| signedBy | Ronald Reagan ⓘ |
| signingDate | 1986-11-06 ⓘ |
| sponsor |
Alan K. Simpson
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Romano L. Mazzoli ⓘ |
| subject |
employer sanctions
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immigration policy ⓘ legalization of undocumented immigrants ⓘ |
| typeOfSanction | employer sanctions for hiring unauthorized workers ⓘ |
| yearOfEnactment | 1986 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Public Law 99-603 Description of subject: Public Law 99-603 is the formal designation of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, a major U.S. federal law that overhauled immigration policy by imposing employer sanctions and providing legalization pathways for certain undocumented immigrants.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986