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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 484

To prohibit public welfare assistance to aliens not lawfully in the United

States.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 11, 1995

Mr. KIM introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Commerce and, in addition, to the Committees on Ways and Means,

Banking and Financial Services, Economic and Educational Opportunities, Agriculture, and the Judiciary, 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

A BILL

To prohibit public welfare assistance to aliens not lawfully

in the United States.

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

3 SECTION 1. INELIGIBILITY OF ALIENS NOT LAWFULLY IN

4 THE UNITED STATES FOR PUBLIC WELFARE

5 ASSISTANCE.

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi7 sion of law and except as provided in subsection (b), any
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1 alien who is not lawfully in the United States shall be in2 eligible for any program referred to in subsection (c).

3 (b) PROGRAM FOR WHICH ALIENS NOT LAWFULLY

4 IN THE UNITED STATES MAY BE ELIGIBLE.—The limita5 tion under subsection (a) shall not apply to medical assist6 ance with respect to emergency services (as defined for

7 purposes of section 1916(a)(2)(D) of the Social Security

8 Act).

9 (c) PROGRAMS FOR WHICH ALIENS NOT LAWFULLY

10 IN THE UNITED STATES ARE INELIGIBLE.—The pro11 grams referred to in this subsection are the following:

12 (1) The program of medical assistance under

13 title XIX of the Social Security Act, except emer14 gency services as provided in subsection (c).

15 (2) The Maternal and Child Health Services

16 Block Grant Program under title V of the Social Se17 curity Act.

18 (3) The program established in section 330 of

19 the Public Health Service Act (relating to commu20 nity health centers).

21 (4) The program established in section 1001 of

22 the Public Health Service Act (relating to family

23 planning methods and services).
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1 (5) The program established in section 329 of

2 the Public Health Service Act (relating to migrant

3 health centers).

4 (6) The program of aid and services to needy

5 families with children under part A of title IV of the

6 Social Security Act.

7 (7) The child welfare services program under

8 part B of title IV of the Social Security Act.

9 (8) The supplemental security income program

10 under title XVI of the Social Security Act.

11 (9) The program of foster care and adoption

12 assistance under part E of title IV of the Social

13 Security Act.

14 (10) The school lunch program carried out

15 under the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.

16 1751 et seq.).

17 (11) The special supplemental food program for

18 women, infants, and children carried out under sec19 tion 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42

20 U.S.C. 1786).

21 (12) The nutrition programs carried out under

22 part C of title III of the Older Americans Act of

23 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030e et seq.).
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1 (13) The school breakfast program carried out

2 under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966

3 (42 U.S.C. 1773).

4 (14) The child and adult care food program

5 carried out under section 17 of the National School

6 Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766).

7 (15) The Emergency Food Assistance Act of

8 1983 (7 U.S.C. 612c note).

9 (16) The summer food service program for chil10 dren carried out under section 13 of the National

11 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761).

12 (17) The commodity supplemental food pro13 gram authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture

14 and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C.

15 612c note).

16 (18) The special milk program carried out

17 under section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966

18 (42 U.S.C. 1772).

19 (19) The program of rental assistance on behalf

20 of low-income families provided under section 8 of

21 the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.

22 1437f).

23 (20) The program of assistance to public hous24 ing under title I of the United States Housing Act

25 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.).
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1 (21) The loan program under section 502 of the

2 Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472).

3 (22) The program of interest reduction pay4 ments pursuant to contracts entered into by the Sec5 retary of Housing and Urban Development under

6 section 236 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C.

7 1715z–1).

8 (23) The program of loans for rental and coop9 erative housing under section 515 of the Housing

10 Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1485).

11 (24) The program of rental assistance pay12 ments pursuant to contracts entered into under sec13 tion 521(a)(2)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42

14 U.S.C. 1490a(a)(2)(A)).

15 (25) The program of assistance payments on

16 behalf of homeowners under section 235 of the Na17 tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z).

18 (26) The program of rent supplement payments

19 on behalf of qualified tenants pursuant to contracts

20 entered into under section 101 of the Housing and

21 Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s).

22 (27) The loan and grant programs under sec23 tion 504 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.

24 1474) for repairs and improvements to rural dwell25 ings.
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1 (28) The loan and assistance programs under

2 sections 514 and 516 of the Housing Act of 1949

3 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 1486) for housing for farm labor.

4 (29) The program of grants for preservation

5 and rehabilitation of housing under section 533 of

6 the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490m).

7 (30) The program of grants and loans for mu8 tual and self-help housing and technical assistance

9 under section 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42

10 U.S.C. 1490c).

11 (31) The program of site loans under section

12 524 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490d).

13 (32) The program under part B of title IV of

14 the Higher Education Act of 1965.

15 (33) The program under subpart 1 of part A of

16 title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.

17 (34) The program under part C of title IV of

18 the Higher Education Act of 1965.

19 (35) The program under subpart 3 of part A of

20 title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.

21 (36) The program under part E of title IV of

22 the Higher Education Act of 1965.

23 (37) The program under subpart 4 of part A of

24 title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
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1 (38) The program under title IX of the Higher

2 Education Act of 1965.

3 (39) The program under subpart 5 of part A of

4 title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.

5 (40) The programs established in sections 338A

6 and 338B of the Public Health Service Act and the

7 programs established in part A of title VII of such

8 Act (relating to loans and scholarships for education

9 in the health professions).

10 (41) The program established in section

11 317(j)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (relating

12 to grants for immunizations against vaccine-prevent13 able diseases).

14 (42) The program established in section 317A

15 of the Public Health Service Act (relating to grants

16 for screening, referrals, and education regarding

17 lead poisoning in infants and children).

18 (43) The program established in part A of title

19 XIX of the Public Health Service Act (relating to

20 block grants for preventive health and health serv21 ices).

22 (44) The programs established in subparts I

23 and II of part B of title XIX of the Public Health

24 Service Act.
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1 (45)(A) The program of training for disadvan2 taged adults and youth under part A of title II of

3 the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1601

4 et seq.), as in effect before July 1, 1993.

5 (B)(i) The program of training for disadvan6 taged adults under part A of title II of the Job

7 Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.),

8 as in effect on and after July 1, 1993.

9 (ii) The program of training for disadvantaged

10 youth under part C of title II of the Job Training

11 Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1641 et seq.), as in ef12 fect on and after July 1, 1993.

13 (46) The Job Corps program under part B of

14 title IV of the Job Training Partnership Act (29

15 U.S.C. 1692 et seq.).

16 (47) The summer youth employment and train17 ing programs under part B of title II of the Job

18 Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1630 et seq.).

19 (48) The programs carried out under the Older

20 American Community Service Employment Act (42

21 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.).

22 (49) The programs under title III of the Older

23 Americans Act of 1965.
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1 (50) The programs carried out under part B of

2 title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of

3 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5011–5012).

4 (51) The programs carried out under part C of

5 title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of

6 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5013).

7 (52) The program under the Low-Income En8 ergy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et

9 seq.).

10 (53) The weatherization assistance program

11 under title IV of the Energy Conservation and Pro12 duction Act (42 U.S.C. 6851).

13 (54) The program of block grants to States for

14 social services under title XX of the Social Security

15 Act.

16 (55) The programs carried out under the Com17 munity Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901

18 et seq.).

19 (56) The program of legal assistance to eligible

20 clients and other programs under the Legal Services

21 Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996 et seq.).

22 (57) The program for emergency food and shel23 ter grants under title III of the Stewart B. McKin24 ney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et

25 seq.).
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1 (58) The programs carried out under the Child

2 Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42

3 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.).

4 (59) A State program for providing child care

5 under section 402(i) of the Social Security Act.

6 (60) The program of State legalization impact7 assistance grants (SLIAG) under section 204 of the

8 Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.

9 (d) NOTIFICATION OF PROGRAM BENEFICIARIES.—

10 Any Federal agency that administers a program referred

11 to in subsection (c) shall, directly or through the States,

12 notify each recipient of benefits of the changes in eligi13 bility under this Act.

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