; applicability (1) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the first day of the first fiscal year beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Invalidity of certain petitions and applications Excepted as provided in paragraph (3), any petition under section 204 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1154 ) seeking classification of an alien under a family-sponsored immigrant category that was eliminated by the amendments made by this section and filed on or after the date of enactment of this Act and any application for an immigrant visa based on such a petition shall be considered invalid. (3) Valid offer of admission Notwithstanding the termination by this title of the family-sponsored and employment-based immigrant visa categories, any alien whose petition or application for a visa subsection (a) or (b) of section 203 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, was approved and who is scheduled to receive an immigrant visa in the applicable preference category not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, shall be entitled to such visa if the alien enters the United States within 1 year after such date of enactment. II Employment Eligibility Verification 201. Short title This title may be cited as the Legal Workforce Act . 202. Employment eligibility verification process (a) In general Section 274A(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1324a(b) ) is amended to read as follows: (b) Employment eligibility verification process (1) New hires, recruitment, and referral The requirements referred to in paragraphs (1)(B) and (3) of subsection (a) are, in the case of a person or other entity hiring, recruiting, or referring an individual for employment in the United States, the following: (A) Attestation after examination of documentation (i) Attestation During the verification period (as defined in subparagraph (E)), the person or entity shall attest,