[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3495 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3495

  To amend the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 concerning 
         interim assistance to States for legalization (SLIAG).


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 10, 1993

 Mr. Gutierrez (for himself, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Richardson, 
Mr. Torres, Mr. Underwood, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. de Lugo, and Ms. 
  Velazquez) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 concerning 
         interim assistance to States for legalization (SLIAG).

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

SECTION 1. INTERIM ASSISTANCE TO STATES FOR LEGALIZATION.

    (a) Entitlement of States.--Section 204(b)(4) of the Immigration 
Reform and Control Act of 1986 is amended--
            (1) in the second sentence by inserting before the period 
        at the end ``, except that any funds which a State obligates as 
        provided in paragraph (6) shall remain available through 
        September 30, 1997'';
            (2) in the third sentence by striking ``Any funds'' and 
        inserting ``Aside from the funds that may be obligated pursuant 
        to paragraph (6)(A), any funds'';
            (3) by inserting before the period at the end of the third 
        sentence ``including outstanding obligations pursuant to 
        paragraph (6)(A), but not to exceed each State's unreimbursed 
        costs and obligations''; and
            (4) in the fourth sentence by inserting before the period 
        at the end ``and shall be reallocated by the Secretary as 
        described in paragraph (6)(B)''.
    (b) Extension of Services.--Section 204(b) of the Immigration 
Reform and Control Act of 1986 is amended by inserting after paragraph 
(5) the following new paragraph:
    ``(6)(A)(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, States 
may obligate $61,000,000 to make payments to public and private 
nonprofit organizations for educational services provided to adult 
eligible legalized aliens and for public information and outreach 
activities regarding naturalization and citizenship in fiscal years 
1994 through 1997.
    ``(ii) Each State's share of the funds under clause (i) shall be 
equal to that State's share of the total number of eligible legalized 
aliens residing in all States for the fiscal year 1992, as determined 
by the Secretary.
    ``(iii) Any State in which more than 5 percent of the total number 
of eligible legalized aliens resided in 1992 shall obligate its full 
share of funds for the purposes of this clause (i) not later than 
September 30, 1994.
    ``(iv) Each State may designate the appropriate agency or agencies 
to administer funds under this subparagraph, except that for any State 
in which more than 20 percent of the total number of eligible legalized 
aliens resided in 1992, such agency shall be the State educational 
agency.
    ``(B) The Secretary shall make available on an equitable basis all 
additional funds remaining after June 30, 1995, for States to use for 
the purposes described in subparagraph (A) and to reimburse or make 
payments for any other services provided to eligible legalized aliens 
in fiscal years 1995 through 1997 which were approved by the Secretary 
before October 1, 1993.''.
    (c) Eligible Legalized Alien Defined.--Section 204(j)(4) of the 
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 is amended by inserting 
before the period at the end ``, except that the 5-year limitation 
shall not apply for the purposes of providing services described in 
subsection (b)(6)''.
    (d) Provision of Services.--Section 204(c)(3)(C) of the Immigration 
Reform and Control Act of 1986 is amended by inserting ``, and related 
program administration,'' after ``aliens''.
    (e) Reports.--Section 204(e) of the Immigration Reform and Control 
Act of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(5) For each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1997, the State 
shall include in the annual report to the Secretary information, in the 
aggregate and by individual provider, with respect to the following--
            ``(A) the number of eligible legalized aliens enrolled in 
        educational services under subsection (b)(6);
            ``(B) the number of aliens described in subparagraph (A) 
        who have applied for United States citizenship;
            ``(C) the number of aliens described in subparagraph (A) 
        who have passed a test of written English and United States 
        history and government administered or approved by the 
        Immigration and Naturalization Service; and
            ``(D) the number of aliens described in subparagraph (A) 
        who have become United States citizens.''.

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