amended by adding at the end the following: (P) Verification of immigration status For each dwelling unit in a project for which a housing assistance payment contract is established under this subsection, the public housing agency shall, with respect to any prospective tenant of the dwelling unit who is a noncitizen and whose eligibility for assistance is conditional upon the tenant having an immigration status that allows the tenant to work in the United States, use the employment eligibility confirmation program described in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 ( 8 U.S.C. 1324a note) (also known as E–Verify ) to confirm that the tenant has such status and shall deny eligibility for such assistance to any tenant who does not have such status. . (C) Section 3(a) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437a(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (8) Verification of immigration status For each public housing dwelling unit owned, assisted, or operated by a public housing agency, the public housing agency shall, with respect to any prospective tenant of the dwelling unit who is a noncitizen and whose eligibility for assistance is conditional upon the tenant having an immigration status that allows the tenant to work in the United States, use the employment eligibility confirmation program described in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 ( 8 U.S.C. 1324a note) (also known as E–Verify ) to confirm that the tenant has such status and shall deny eligibility for such assistance to any tenant who does not have such status. . (D) Section 202(i) of the Housing Act of 1959 ( 12 U.S.C. 1701q(i) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (C) Verification of immigration status For each dwelling unit assisted under this section, the owner shall, with respect to any prospective tenant of the dwelling unit who is a noncitizen and whose eligibility for assistance is conditional upon the tenant