[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 761 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 761

 To amend title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
    Reconciliation Act of 1996 to extend the 1-year transition from 
disqualification for a current welfare recipient while the recipient's 
                 naturalization application is pending.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 1997

  Mr. Frank of Massachusetts 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 title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
    Reconciliation Act of 1996 to extend the 1-year transition from 
disqualification for a current welfare recipient while the recipient's 
                 naturalization application is pending.

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

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF 1-YEAR TRANSITION FROM WELFARE DISQUALIFICATION 
              FOR CURRENT WELFARE RECIPIENTS DURING NATURALIZATION 
              PROCESS.

    (a) In General.--Section 402(a)(2)(D) of the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 
U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)(D)) is amended--
            (1) in clauses (i)(III) and (ii)(III), by striking ``The'' 
        and inserting ``Subject to clause (iii), the''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) Extension of grandfather provisions 
                        during naturalization process.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--The protection 
                                from disqualification provided under 
                                clauses (i)(III) and (ii)(III) shall 
                                continue to apply to an individual, for 
                                months beginning on and after the date 
                                of a redetermination or recertification 
                                with respect to the individual, if the 
                                individual establishes that the 
                                individual has submitted an application 
                                for naturalization to the Attorney 
                                General, and the application is 
                                regarded as filed and pending under 
                                regulations promulgated by the Attorney 
                                General.
                                    ``(II) Discontinuation.--Subclause 
                                (I) shall cease to apply to an 
                                individual for months beginning on and 
                                after the date on which there has been 
                                a final, unappealable administrative or 
                                judicial determination to deny the 
                                individual's application for 
                                naturalization.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of section 402(a)(2)(D) of 
the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 
1996.
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