; 8 U.S.C. 1324a note) are repealed. (2) Transition procedures (A) Continuation of E–Verify Program Notwithstanding the repeals made by paragraph (1), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall continue to operate the E–Verify Program as described in section 403 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of Public Law 104–208 ; 8 U.S.C. 1324a note), as in effect the minute before the date of the enactment of this Act, until the transition to the System described in section 274A(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by subsection (a), is determined by the Secretary to be complete. (B) Transition to the system Any employer who was participating in the E–Verify Program described in section 403 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of Public Law 104–208 ; 8 U.S.C. 1324a note), as in effect the minute before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall participate in the System described in section 274A(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by subsection (a), to the same extent and in the same manner that the employer participated in such E–Verify Program. (3) Construction The repeal made by paragraph (1) may not be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary to allow or continue to allow the participation in such System of employers who have participated in such E–Verify Program, as in effect on the minute before the date of the enactment of this Act. (f) Conforming amendment Section 274(a) ( 8 U.S.C. 1324(a) ) is amended— (1) by striking paragraph (3)