[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2511 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2511

  To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to allow an adult in a 
 family or household to attest to the citizenship status of any member 
  of the family or household as part of the process for verifying the 
    eligibility of the family member for certain public assistance 
                               benefits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 23, 1993

 Mr. Slattery introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to allow an adult in a 
 family or household to attest to the citizenship status of any member 
  of the family or household as part of the process for verifying the 
    eligibility of the family member for certain public assistance 
                               benefits.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ADULT IN FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD ALLOWED TO ATTEST TO 
              CITIZENSHIP STATUS OF FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS UNDER 
              AFDC, MEDICAID, AND CERTAIN OTHER PUBLIC ASSISTANCE 
              PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1137(d)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1320b-7(d)(1)(A)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1)(A) The State shall require, as a condition of an 
        individual's eligibility for benefits under any program listed 
        in subsection (b), a declaration in writing, under penalty of 
        perjury--
                    ``(i) in the case of an individual who is an adult 
                member of a family or household applying for or 
                receiving such benefits, by such individual or another 
                adult member of such family or household on the 
                individual's behalf,
                    ``(ii) in the case of an individual who is a child, 
                by an adult on the individual's behalf, or
                    ``(iii) in the case of an individual born into a 
                family or household receiving such benefits, by an 
                adult member of such family or household on the 
                individual's behalf no later than the next 
                redetermination of eligibility of such family or 
                household following the birth of the individual,
        stating whether the individual is a citizen or national of the 
        United States, and, if that individual is not a citizen or 
        national of the United States, that the individual is in a 
        satisfactory immigration status.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
become effective with respect to benefits provided on or after October 
1, 1993.

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