[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1360 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1360

       To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
   Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide for an exception to limited 
  eligibility for SSI and food stamps for certain permanent resident 
 aliens who are unable because of physical or developmental disability 
                  or mental impairment to naturalize.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 17, 1997

    Mr. Diaz-Balart (for himself, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mrs. Johnson of 
  Connecticut, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mrs. Meek of 
 Florida, Mr. Manton, Mr. Meehan, and Ms. Christian-Green) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and 
Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to 
      be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
       To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
   Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide for an exception to limited 
  eligibility for SSI and food stamps for certain permanent resident 
 aliens who are unable because of physical or developmental disability 
                  or mental impairment to naturalize.

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

SECTION 1. EXCEPTION TO LIMITED ELIGIBILITY FOR SSI AND FOOD STAMPS FOR 
              CERTAIN PERMANENT RESIDENT ALIENS WHO ARE UNABLE BECAUSE 
              OF PHYSICAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY OR MENTAL 
              IMPAIRMENT TO NATURALIZE.

    (a) In General.--Section 402(a)(2) of the Personal Responsibility 
and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)) 
is amended by adding after subparagraph (D) the following new 
subparagraph:
                    ``(E) Disabled permanent resident aliens otherwise 
                eligible for naturalization.--Paragraph (1) shall not 
                apply to an alien who--
                            ``(i) is lawfully admitted to the United 
                        States for permanent residence under the 
                        Immigration and Nationality Act; and
                            ``(ii) meets the residence and other 
                        requirements of the Immigration and Nationality 
                        Act for naturalization, but cannot meet the 
                        requirements of section 337 of such Act 
                        (relating to the oath of renunciation and 
                        allegiance) because the alien is unable, due to 
                        physical or developmental disability or mental 
                        impairment which arose after the alien's 
                        admission to the United States, to comply with 
                        the requirements of such section.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be 
effective as if included in the enactment of title IV of the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1966.
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