[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2597 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2597

   To rescind restrictions on welfare and public benefits for legal 
immigrants enacted by title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
  Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, and to reduce arms transfer 
                               subsidies.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 1, 1997

Ms. Furse (for herself, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Clay, Mr. Clyburn, 
  Mr. Evans, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Lewis of 
  Georgia, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Markey, Ms. Roybal-
   Allard, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Waters, and Ms. Woolsey) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
  and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
   To rescind restrictions on welfare and public benefits for legal 
immigrants enacted by title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
  Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, and to reduce arms transfer 
                               subsidies.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Equity for Immigrants Act''.

 TITLE I--TERMINATION OF PROVISIONS OF PUBLIC LAW 104-193 RESTRICTING 
            WELFARE AND PUBLIC BENEFITS FOR LEGAL IMMIGRANTS

SEC 101. TERMINATION OF PROVISIONS OF PUBLIC LAW 104-193 RESTRICTING 
              WELFARE AND PUBLIC BENEFITS FOR LEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on October 1, 1998, the 
provisions of title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193, as amended 
by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33)) shall cease to 
be effective, the amendments made by that title shall be repealed, and 
any provision of law repealed by that title shall be reenacted.

             TITLE II--REDUCTION IN ARMS TRANSFER SUBSIDIES

SEC. 201. LEASED DEFENSE ARTICLES.

    (a) Repeal.--Chapter 6 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2796 and following) is repealed.
    (b) Applicability.--The repeal made by subsection (a) shall not 
affect any agreement or contract entered into under chapter 6 of the 
Arms Export Control Act before the effective date of this title.

SEC. 202. EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES.

    Section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j) 
is repealed.

SEC. 203. RECOUPMENT FEES.

    (a) Elimination of Waiver Authority.--Section 21(e) of the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(e)) is amended by striking paragraph 
(2) and redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).
    (b) Recoupment of Fees for Commercial Sales.--Section 38 of the 
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection:
    ``(i)(1) Any sale involving the export of major defense equipment 
pursuant to a license or other approval granted under this section 
shall include an appropriate charge for a proportionate amount of the 
nonrecurring costs incurred by the United States in the research, 
development, and production of such equipment. Such charge shall be 
comparable to the charge imposed pursuant to section 21(e)(1)(B) of 
this Act relating to government-to-government sales of major defense 
equipment.
    ``(2) The charge provided for in paragraph (1) shall not apply with 
respect to major defense equipment that is paid for from funds 
transferred under section 503(a)(3) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2311(a)(3)) or from funds made available on a grant or 
other nonrepayable basis under section 23 of this Act.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section apply with 
respect to major defense equipment sold pursuant to a contract entered 
into on or after the effective date of this title.

SEC. 204. MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM.

    No funds to carry out section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act may 
be made available--
            (1) for grants or loans to Greece, Turkey, Ethiopia, 
        Eritrea, Uganda, Caribbean countries, or any country eligible 
        to participate in the Partnership for Peace Initiative in 
        fiscal year 1997; or
            (2) for the Enhanced International Peacekeeping Initiative.

SEC. 205. ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.

    No funds to carry out the provisions of chapter 4 of part II of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, relating to the economic support fund, 
may be made available for Turkey, Haiti, or Cambodia to offset costs of 
purchasing defense articles or defense services from the United States.

SEC. 206. INTERNATIONAL ARMS BAZAARS.

    No funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to any 
Act of Congress may be used to offset the cost of a demonstration or 
exhibition of defense articles or defense services at a trade show or 
other promotional event in a foreign country for potential purchasers 
of those defense articles or defense services.

SEC. 207. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this title, the terms ``defense article'' and ``defense 
service'' have the meanings given those terms in section 47 of the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794).

SEC. 208. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This title and the amendments made by this title shall take effect 
on October 1, 1998.
                                 <all>