; and (B) for each subsequent offense, be fined in accordance with title 18, United States Code, in an amount up to $10,000, or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both. (o) Monitoring (1) Electronic monitoring system (A) Requirement for system The Secretary, through U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, shall implement an electronic monitoring system to monitor the presence and employment of H–2C nonimmigrants, including a requirement that registered employers update the system when H–2C nonimmigrants start and end employment in registered positions. The system shall be operational not later than 6 months following the date of the publication of the final regulations to carry out this section. (B) Relationship to SEVIS Such system shall be modeled on the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) and SEVIS II tracking system of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (C) Interaction with registry Such system shall interact with the registry referred to in subsection (e)(1)(E) to ensure that the Secretary designates and updates approved registered positions as being filled or unfilled. (D) Employer The employer shall notify such system after offering employment to an H–2C nonimmigrant. (E) Access for Secretary of State The Secretary of State shall have access to such system to verify an alien’s offer of employment with a registered employer prior to admission as an H–2C nonimmigrant. (2) Mandatory E-Verify use No registered employer may employ an H–2C nonimmigrant without participating in the E-Verify Program described in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 ( 8 U.S.C. 1324a note) or an employment eligibility verification system patterned on such Program’s verification system. Any such system— (A) shall respond to inquiries made by registered employers by providing an employee’s employment eligibility