[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 146 (Monday, October 3, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1746-E1747]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




INTRODUCTION OF THE SSI EXTENSION FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED REFUGEES ACT 
                                OF 2011

                                 ______
                                 

                           HON. JIM McDERMOTT

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 3, 2011

  Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to introduce the SSI 
Extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees Act of 2011. I introduced a 
similar bill on August 1. This modified version would grant a one-year 
extension of current law, which passed unanimously in both chambers of 
Congress in 2008 and was signed into law by President Bush (P.L. 110-
328). Under this law, elderly and disabled refugees and certain 
humanitarian immigrants who are very low income may receive 
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for up to 9 years before becoming 
citizens, to allow time for naturalization. The Senate unanimously 
passed this bill today.
  Unfortunately, the current law expired on September 30, 2011. Without 
immediate passage of this bill, thousands of refugees will face serious 
hardship. This legislation will be completely paid for by collecting a 
$30 fee on diversity visas through October 1, 2013. Excess funds would 
go to the Department of Treasury. Congressional Budget Office estimates 
that this bill would result in $24 million in deficit reduction.
  Mr. Speaker, this is a common sense bill that continues an existing 
law. I urge my colleagues to support this legislation.

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                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, October 4, 2011 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                               OCTOBER 5
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Economic Policy Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine perspectives on the economic 
           implications of the Federal budget deficit.
                                                            SD-538
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Susan 
           Denise Page, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the 
           Republic of South Sudan, Adrienne S. O'Neal, of 
           Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cape 
           Verde, Mary Beth Leonard, of Massachusetts, to be 
           Ambassador to the Republic of Mali, and Mark Francis 
           Brzezinski, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Sweden, 
           all of the Department of State.
                                                            SD-419
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Ernest 
           Mitchell, Jr., of California, to be Administrator of 
           the United States Fire Administration, Federal 
           Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland 
           Security.
                                                            SD-342
     2 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Contracting Oversight Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine food service management 
           contracts, focusing on if contractors are overcharging 
           the government.
                                                            SD-342
     2:30 p.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine considering the role of 
           judges under the Constitution of the United States.
                                                            SH-216

                               OCTOBER 6
     9:30 a.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Investigations Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine speculation and compliance 
           with the ``Dodd-Frank Act''.
                                                            SD-342
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         Business meeting to consider the nominations of Richard 
           Cordray, of Ohio, to be Director, Bureau of Consumer 
           Financial Protection, Alan B. Krueger, of New Jersey, 
           to be a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers, 
           Executive Office of the President, David A. Montoya, of 
           Texas, to be Inspector General, Department of Housing 
           and Urban Development, Cyrus Amir-Mokri, of New York, 
           to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and Patricia 
           M. Loui, of Hawaii, and Larry W. Walther, of Arkansas, 
           both to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
           Export-Import Bank of the United States; to be 
           immediately followed by a hearing to examine the 
           Financial Stability Oversight Council annual report to 
           Congress.
                                                            SD-538
       Environment and Public Works
       Children's Health and Environmental Responsibility 
           Subcommittee
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine Federal actions 
           to clean up contamination from legacy uranium mining 
           and milling operations.
                                                            SD-406
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine tax reform options, focusing 
           on incentives for homeownership.
                                                            SD-215
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S. 1301, to authorize 
           appropriations for fiscal years 2012 to 2015 for the 
           Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance 
           measures to combat trafficking in person, H.R. 368, to 
           amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify and 
           improve certain provisions relating to the removal of 
           litigation against Federal officers or agencies to 
           Federal courts, an original bill entitled, ``Federal 
           Courts Jurisdiction and Venue Clarification Act of 
           2011, H.R. 394, to amend title 28, United States Code, 
           to clarify the jurisdiction of the Federal courts, an 
           original bill entitled, ``Appeal Time Clarification Act 
           of 2011'', H.R. 2633, to amend title 28, United States 
           Code, to clarify the time limits for appeals in civil 
           cases to which United States officers or employees are 
           parties, S. 1014, to provide for additional Federal 
           district judgeships, and the nominations of Evan 
           Jonathan Wallach, of New York, to be United States 
           Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, Dana L. 
           Christensen, to be United States District Judge for the 
           District of Montana, Cathy Ann Bencivengo, to be United 
           States District Judge for the Southern District of 
           California, Gina Marie Groh, to be United States 
           District Judge for the Northern District of West 
           Virginia, Margo Kitsy Brodie, to be United States 
           District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 
           Adalberto Jose Jordan, of Florida, to be United States 
           Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, John M. 
           Gerrard, to be United States District Judge for the 
           District of Nebraska, Mary Elizabeth Phillips, to be 
           United States District Judge for the Western District 
           of Missouri, Thomas Owen Rice, to be United States 
           District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, 
           David Nuffer, to be United States District Judge for 
           the District of Utah, and Steven R. Frank, to be United 
           States Marshal for the Western District of 
           Pennsylvania, Martin J. Pane, to be United States 
           Marshal for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and 
           David Blake Webb, to be United States Marshal for the 
           Eastern District of Pennsylvania, all of the Department 
           of Justice.
                                                            SD-226
     10:30 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
       Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Global Narcotics 
           Affairs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Peace Corps, focusing on 
           the next fifty years.
                                                            SD-419
     2:15 p.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine internet 
           infrastructure in native communities, focusing on equal 
           access to e-commerce, jobs and the global marketplace.
                                                            SD-628
     2:30 p.m.
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                               OCTOBER 11
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, 
           and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine labor-management forums in 
           the Federal government.
                                                            SD-342

                               OCTOBER 13
     2:15 p.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Carcieri 
           crisis, focusing on the ripple effect on jobs, economic 
           development and public safety in native communities.
                                                            SD-628

                               OCTOBER 18
     2:30 p.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, 
           ``Elementary and Secondary Education Act'', and any 
           pending nominations.
                                                            SD-106

                               OCTOBER 20
     2:15 p.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 134, to authorize the 
           Mescalero Apache Tribe to lease adjudicated water 
           rights, S. 399, to modify the purposes and operation of 
           certain facilities of the Bureau of Reclamation to 
           implement the water rights compact among the State of 
           Montana, the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian 
           Reservation of Montana, and the United States, S. 1298, 
           to provide for the conveyance of certain property 
           located in Anchorage, Alaska, from the United States to 
           the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, S. 1327, to 
           amend the Act of March 1, 1933, to transfer certain 
           authority and resources to the Utah Dineh Corporation, 
           and S. 1345, to provide for equitable compensation to 
           the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation 
           for the use of tribal land for the production of 
           hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam.
                                                            SD-628