[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 392 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 392

 To provide an exception to the restrictions on eligibility for public 
                   benefits for certain legal aliens.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 5, 1997

 Mrs. Feinstein (for herself and Mrs. Boxer) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide an exception to the restrictions on eligibility for public 
                   benefits for certain legal aliens.

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

SECTION 1. EXCEPTION TO ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS FOR PUBLIC BENEFITS 
              FOR CERTAIN LEGAL ALIENS.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle A of title V of the Illegal Immigration 
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-208; 
110 Stat. 3009-1772) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 511. EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN LEGAL ALIENS.

    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an 
alien who was lawfully present in the United States on August 22, 1996, 
and who lawfully resides in a State, is age 65 or older, is disabled 
and/or blind, as determined under paragraph (2) and/or (3) of section 
1614(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382c(a)), whose family 
is incapable of support, and who can demonstrate that he or she has no 
other sufficient means of support other than that provided under the 
program described in subsection (b), shall be eligible to receive 
benefits under such program.
    ``(b) Program Described.--The program described in this subsection 
is the program described in section 402(a)(3)(A) of the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 
U.S.C. 1612(a)(3)(A)).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) takes 
effect as if included in the enactment of subtitle A of title V of the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 
(Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-1772).
    (c) Notice and Redetermination.--The Commissioner of Social 
Security shall, not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, notify an individual described in section 511(a) of the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (as 
added by this Act) and who, as of such date, has been redetermined to 
be ineligible for the program described in section 511(b) of the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (as 
so added), that the individual's eligibility for such program shall be 
redetermined again, and shall conduct such redetermination in a timely 
manner.
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