3.0.0 1930 2023-03-08T20:12:35Z 2023-03-08T20:12:35Z Senate S 2021-05-27 117 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-05-27T21:41:09Z Compact Impact Fairness Act of 2021 117 3570 HR 2021-07-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations. Identical bill CRS 2021-05-27 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2021-05-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. N S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2021-06-23 False Immigration Foreign labor Immigration status and procedures Marshall Islands Micronesia Palau Poverty and welfare assistance Immigration 00 2021-05-27 Introduced in Senate 2021-11-12T17:13:02Z Compact Impact Fairness Act of 2021

This bill expands the eligibility of citizens of the Freely Associated States lawfully residing in the United States for certain federal public benefits.

Currently, citizens of the Freely Associated States (Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau) may live, study, and work in the United States as nonimmigrants. However, such individuals are generally ineligible for most federal public benefits, with Medicaid being one exception. Under this bill, such individuals may be eligible for certain federal public benefits, such as benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.

Furthermore, current law generally bars individuals from receiving federal means-tested public benefits for the five-year period starting from the individual's entry into the United States. Under this bill, citizens of the Freely Associated States living in the United States shall not be subject to this bar.

]]> Compact Impact Fairness Act of 2021 Display Title Compact Impact Fairness Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 to clarify that citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau who are lawfully residing in the United States are eligible for certain Federal public benefits. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Compact Impact Fairness Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1930is/xml/BILLS-117s1930is.xml 2021-05-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.