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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3495

To amend the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 concerning

interim assistance to States for legalization (SLIAG).

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOVEMBER 10, 1993

Mr. GUTIERREZ (for himself, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. RICHARDSON,

Mr. TORRES, Mr. UNDERWOOD, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. DE

LUGO, and Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986

concerning interim assistance to States for legalization

(SLIAG).

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. INTERIM ASSISTANCE TO STATES FOR LEGAL4 IZATION.

5 (a) ENTITLEMENT OF STATES.—Section 204(b)(4) of

6 the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 is

7 amended—

8 (1) in the second sentence by inserting before

9 the period at the end ‘‘, except that any funds which
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1 a State obligates as provided in paragraph (6) shall

2 remain available through September 30, 1997’’;

3 (2) in the third sentence by striking ‘‘Any

4 funds’’ and inserting ‘‘Aside from the funds that

5 may be obligated pursuant to paragraph (6)(A), any

6 funds’’;

7 (3) by inserting before the period at the end of

8 the third sentence ‘‘including outstanding obligations

9 pursuant to paragraph (6)(A), but not to exceed

10 each State’s unreimbursed costs and obligations’’;

11 and

12 (4) in the fourth sentence by inserting before

13 the period at the end ‘‘and shall be reallocated by

14 the Secretary as described in paragraph (6)(B)’’.

15 (b) EXTENSION OF SERVICES.—Section 204(b) of the

16 Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 is amended

17 by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new para18 graph:

19 ‘‘(6)(A)(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of

20 this Act, States may obligate $61,000,000 to make pay21 ments to public and private nonprofit organizations for

22 educational services provided to adult eligible legalized

23 aliens and for public information and outreach activities

24 regarding naturalization and citizenship in fiscal years

25 1994 through 1997.
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1 ‘‘(ii) Each State’s share of the funds under clause

2 (i) shall be equal to that State’s share of the total number

3 of eligible legalized aliens residing in all States for the fis4 cal year 1992, as determined by the Secretary.

5 ‘‘(iii) Any State in which more than 5 percent of the

6 total number of eligible legalized aliens resided in 1992

7 shall obligate its full share of funds for the purposes of

8 this clause (i) not later than September 30, 1994.

9 ‘‘(iv) Each State may designate the appropriate agen10 cy or agencies to administer funds under this subpara11 graph, except that for any State in which more than 20

12 percent of the total number of eligible legalized aliens re13 sided in 1992, such agency shall be the State educational

14 agency.

15 ‘‘(B) The Secretary shall make available on an equi16 table basis all additional funds remaining after June 30,

17 1995, for States to use for the purposes described in sub18 paragraph (A) and to reimburse or make payments for

19 any other services provided to eligible legalized aliens in

20 fiscal years 1995 through 1997 which were approved by

21 the Secretary before October 1, 1993.’’.

22 (c) ELIGIBLE LEGALIZED ALIEN DEFINED.—Section

23 204(j)(4) of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of

24 1986 is amended by inserting before the period at the end

25 ‘‘, except that the 5-year limitation shall not apply for the
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1 purposes of providing services described in subsection

2 (b)(6)’’.

3 (d) PROVISION OF SERVICES.—Section 204(c)(3)(C)

4 of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 is

5 amended by inserting ‘‘, and related program administra6 tion,’’ after ‘‘aliens’’.

7 (e) REPORTS.—Section 204(e) of the Immigration

8 Reform and Control Act of 1986 is amended by adding

9 at the end the following:

10 ‘‘(5) For each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1997,

11 the State shall include in the annual report to the Sec12 retary information, in the aggregate and by individual pro13 vider, with respect to the following—

14 ‘‘(A) the number of eligible legalized aliens en15 rolled in educational services under subsection

16 (b)(6);

17 ‘‘(B) the number of aliens described in subpara18 graph (A) who have applied for United States citi19 zenship;

20 ‘‘(C) the number of aliens described in subpara21 graph (A) who have passed a test of written English

22 and United States history and government adminis23 tered or approved by the Immigration and Natu24 ralization Service; and
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1 ‘‘(D) the number of aliens described in subpara2 graph (A) who have become United States citizens.’’.

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