[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2441 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2441

   To provide that certain Cuban entrants are ineligible to receive 
              refugee assistance, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 12, 2016

   Mr. Rubio introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide that certain Cuban entrants are ineligible to receive 
              refugee assistance, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Cuban Immigrant Work Opportunity Act 
of 2016''.

SEC. 2. CERTAIN CUBANS INELIGIBLE FOR REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.

    (a) In General.--Title V of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 
1980 (8 U.S.C. 1522 note) is amended--
            (1) in the title heading, by striking ``CUBAN AND''; and
            (2) in section 501--
                    (A) by striking ``Cuban and'' each place such 
                phrase appears;
                    (B) in subsection (d), by striking ``Cuban or''; 
                and
                    (C) in subsection (e)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1)--
                                    (I) by striking ``Cuban/'' and
                                    (II) by striking ``Cuba or''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Cuba 
                        or''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Personal responsibility and work opportunity 
        reconciliation act of 1996.--Section 403(d) of the Personal 
        Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 
        (8 U.S.C. 1613(d)) is amended--
                    (A) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Cuban 
                and''; and
                    (B) by striking ``1980, for Cuban and Haitian 
                entrants'' and all that follows and inserting ``1980 (8 
                U.S.C. 1522 note), for Haitian entrants (as defined in 
                subsection (e)(2) of such section)''.
            (2) Immigration and nationality act.--Section 245A(h)(2)(A) 
        of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
        1255a(h)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ``Cuban and''.
    (c) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section shall only 
apply to nationals of Cuba who enter the United States on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. REPORT.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Inspector General of the Social Security Administration shall 
submit a report to Congress that describes the methods by which the 
provision described in section 416.215 of title 20, Code of Federal 
Regulations, is being enforced.
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