99-603
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99-603 is the public law number for the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, a major U.S. federal law that overhauled immigration policy by introducing employer sanctions and providing legalization pathways for certain undocumented immigrants.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 99-603 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10710022 — 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: 99-603 Context triple: [Public Law 99-603, publicLawNumber, 99-603]
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A.
99-272
99-272 is the public law number for the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA), a major U.S. federal law known for its provisions allowing continued health insurance coverage after job loss or other qualifying events.
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B.
91-902
91-902 is the U.S. Supreme Court docket number for Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the landmark 1992 abortion rights case that reaffirmed and modified Roe v. Wade.
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C.
89-665
89-665 is the public law number for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, a landmark U.S. statute that established the national policy and framework for preserving historic and archaeological sites.
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D.
MS990
MS990 is the EgyptAir Flight 990 passenger service that became widely known for its fatal crash into the Atlantic Ocean in 1999.
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E.
99E
99E is a state highway designation used for a major north–south route in Oregon, historically part of the primary highway system paralleling Interstate 5.
- 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: 99-603 Target entity description: 99-603 is the public law number for the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, a major U.S. federal law that overhauled immigration policy by introducing employer sanctions and providing legalization pathways for certain undocumented immigrants.
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A.
99-272
99-272 is the public law number for the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA), a major U.S. federal law known for its provisions allowing continued health insurance coverage after job loss or other qualifying events.
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B.
91-902
91-902 is the U.S. Supreme Court docket number for Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the landmark 1992 abortion rights case that reaffirmed and modified Roe v. Wade.
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C.
89-665
89-665 is the public law number for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, a landmark U.S. statute that established the national policy and framework for preserving historic and archaeological sites.
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D.
MS990
MS990 is the EgyptAir Flight 990 passenger service that became widely known for its fatal crash into the Atlantic Ocean in 1999.
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E.
99E
99E is a state highway designation used for a major north–south route in Oregon, historically part of the primary highway system paralleling Interstate 5.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
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public law ⓘ |
| aimedTo |
deter illegal immigration through workplace enforcement
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regularize status of certain undocumented immigrants ⓘ |
| amended | Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
employers in the United States
ⓘ
undocumented immigrants meeting specified criteria ⓘ |
| codifiedInPart |
8 U.S. Code (Immigration and Nationality)
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linked to:
Immigration and Nationality Act
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdForm | Form I-9 employment eligibility verification requirement ⓘ |
| dateSigned | 1986-11-06 ⓘ |
| employerSanctionsDescription | prohibits employers from knowingly hiring or employing unauthorized aliens ⓘ |
| enactedBy | 99th United States Congress ⓘ |
| establishesPenaltyType |
civil penalties for employer violations
ⓘ
criminal penalties for certain patterns or practices of violations ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
agricultural labor needs
ⓘ
unauthorized employment ⓘ |
| hasAcronym | IRCA ⓘ |
| hasPublicLawNumber | Pub.L. 99-603 ⓘ |
| hasSection |
agricultural worker legalization provisions
ⓘ
border security and enforcement provisions ⓘ employer sanctions provisions ⓘ legalization and adjustment of status provisions ⓘ |
| hasShortTitle | Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
first major U.S. law to impose sanctions on employers for hiring unauthorized workers
ⓘ
one of the largest legalization programs in U.S. immigration history ⓘ |
| introducedEmployerSanctions | yes ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal law of the United States ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalizationCategory |
Special Agricultural Worker (SAW) program
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linked to:
Special Agricultural Worker program
general legalization for long-term undocumented residents ⓘ |
| legalizationProvision | provided amnesty for certain undocumented immigrants present in the U.S. since before a specified date ⓘ |
| legislativeType | comprehensive immigration reform ⓘ |
| partOf | United States immigration and nationality law framework ⓘ |
| prohibits |
continuing to employ a person known to be unauthorized to work
ⓘ
knowingly hiring unauthorized aliens ⓘ |
| provides |
pathway to permanent resident status for certain legalized individuals
ⓘ
temporary resident status for eligible undocumented immigrants ⓘ |
| requires | employers to verify identity and work authorization of employees ⓘ |
| setsCutoffDate | presence in the United States since before 1982 ⓘ |
| signedBy | Ronald Reagan ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
border enforcement
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employer sanctions ⓘ immigration policy ⓘ legalization of certain undocumented immigrants ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 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: 99-603 Description of subject: 99-603 is the public law number for the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, a major U.S. federal law that overhauled immigration policy by introducing employer sanctions and providing legalization pathways for certain undocumented immigrants.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.