[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 849 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 849

 To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to allow an adult member 
 of a family or household to attest to the citizenship status of other 
          family or household members, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               April 29 (legislative day, April 19), 1993

  Mr. Dole (for himself, Mr. Packwood, and Mr. Chafee) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                                Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to allow an adult member 
 of a family or household to attest to the citizenship status of other 
          family or household members, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. ADULT MEMBER OF FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD ALLOWED TO ATTEST TO 
              CITIZENSHIP STATUS OF OTHER FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1137(d)(1)(A) (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 such 
                individual's behalf, or
                    ``(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 individual's 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 such 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 July 1, 
1993.

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