[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 667 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 667

       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 totally and permanently 
                  disabled permanent resident aliens.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 1997

   Mr. Diaz-Balart (for himself and Ms. Ros-Lehtinen) 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 totally and permanently 
                  disabled permanent resident aliens.

    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 
              TOTALLY AND PERMANENTLY DISABLED PERMANENT RESIDENT 
              ALIENS.

    (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) Totally and permanently disabled permanent 
                resident aliens.--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) has a total and permanent disability 
                        which arose after the alien was admitted to the 
                        United States.''.
    (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 1996.
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