SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENTS TO IMMIGRATION
AND NATIONALITY ACT; TABLE OF CON-
TENTS; SEVERABILITY.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Alien Public Assistance Benefits Amendments of 1996’’.
(b) AMENDMENTS TO IMMIGRATION AND NATIONAL-
ITY ACT.—Except as otherwise specifically provided,
whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed
as the amendment or repeal of a section or other provision,
the reference shall be considered to be made to that sec-
tion or provision in the Immigration and Nationality Act.
(c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; amendments to Immigration and Nationality Act; table of
contents; severability.
TITLE I—AFFIDAVITS OF SUPPORT
Sec. 101. Application of affidavits of support to means-tested public benefits.
Sec. 102. Increasing income as a percentage of poverty for affidavits of sup-
port.
TITLE II—PUBLIC CHARGE DEPORTATION
Sec. 201. Ground for deportation.
TITLE III—ATTRIBUTION OF SPONSOR’S INCOME
Sec. 301. Application of deeming to current immigrants.
TITLE IV—INELIGIBILITY OF ILLEGAL ALIENS FOR PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS
Sec. 401. Authorization of States to deny driver’s licenses to illegal aliens.
Sec. 402. Social Security benefits.
Sec. 403. Denial of treatment of HIV infection for illegal aliens.
TITLE V—ENHANCED VERIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY BASED ON
CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS
Sec. 501. Requiring proof of identity for certain public assistance.
Sec. 502. Authorization for States to require proof of eligibility for State pro-
grams.
Sec. 503. No verification requirement for nonprofit charitable organizations.
Sec. 504. Verification of student eligibility for postsecondary Federal student fi-
nancial assistance.
TITLE VI—HOUSING ASSISTANCE.
Sec. 601. Short title; superseding of other provisions.
Sec. 602. Prorating of financial assistance.
Sec. 603. Actions in cases of termination of financial assistance.
Sec. 604. Verification of immigration status and eligibility for financial assist-
ance.
Sec. 605. Prohibition of sanctions against entities making financial assistance
eligibility determinations.
Sec. 606. Regulations.
Sec. 607. Report on housing assistance programs.
TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 701. Unemployment benefits.
Sec. 702. Repeal of Food Stamp transition provision.
Sec. 703. Computation of targeted assistance.
Sec. 704. Addition to reports.
TITLE VIII—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 801. Effective dates.
Sec. 802. Not applicable to foreign assistance.
Sec. 803. Notification.
Sec. 804. Definitions.
TITLE I—AFFIDAVITS OF
SUPPORT
SEC. 101. APPLICATION OF AFFIDAVITS OF SUPPORT TO
MEANS-TESTED PUBLIC BENEFITS.
Section 213A, as amended by section 551(a) of the
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility
Act of 1996, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (e)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (g)’’;
(2) in subsection (a)(3)(A), by striking ‘‘Fed-
eral means-tested public benefit (as provided under
section 403 of the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘means-tested public benefit (as defined in
subsection (g))’’;
(3) in the last sentence of subsection (a)(3)(B),
by striking ‘‘Federal means-tested public benefit (as
provided under section 403 of the Personal Respon-
sibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of
1996)’’ and inserting ‘‘means-tested public benefit’’;
(4) in subsection (d)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘any
means-tested public benefits (other than benefits de-
scribed in section 401(b), 403(c)(2), or 411(b) of the
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Rec-
onciliation Act of 1996)’’ and inserting ‘‘any benefit
described in section 241(a)(5)(D)’’; and
(5) by inserting after subsection (f) the follow-
ing new subsection:
‘‘(e) MEANS-TESTED PUBLIC BENEFIT.—For pur-
poses of this section—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
the term ‘means-tested public benefit’ means any
public benefit (including cash, medical, housing,
food, and social services) provided or funded in
whole or in part by the Federal Government, or of
a State or political subdivision of a State, in which
the eligibility of an individual, household, or family
eligibility unit for such benefit or the amount of
such benefit, or both are determined on the basis
of income, resources, or financial need of the individ-
ual, household, or unit.
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Such term does not include
the following benefits:
‘‘(A) Short-term noncash emergency disas-
ter relief.
‘‘(B) Assistance or benefits under—
‘‘(i) the National School Lunch Act
(42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.);
‘‘(ii) the Child Nutrition Act of 1966
(42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.);
‘‘(iii) section 4 of the Agriculture and
Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (Public
Law 93–86; 7 U.S.C. 612c note);
‘‘(iv) the Emergency Food Assistance
Act of 1983 (Public Law 98–8; 7 U.S.C.
612c note);
‘‘(v) section 110 of the Hunger Pre-
vention Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–435;
7 U.S.C. 612c note); and
‘‘(vi) the food distribution program on
Indian reservations established under sec-
tion 4(b) of Public Law 88–525 (7 U.S.C.
2013(b)).
‘‘(C) Public health assistance for immuni-
zations and, if the Secretary of Health and
Human Services determines that it is necessary
to prevent the spread of a serious commu-
nicable disease, for testing and treatment for
such disease (which may not include treatment
for HIV infection or acquired immune defi-
ciency syndrome).
‘‘(D) Benefits under programs of student
assistance under titles IV, V, IX, and X of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 and titles III,
VII, and VIII of the Public Health Service Act.
‘‘(E) Benefits under any means-tested pro-
grams under the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965.
‘‘(F) Such other in-kind service or noncash
assistance (such as soup kitchens, crisis coun-
seling, intervention (including intervention for
domestic violence) and short-term, shelter) as
the Attorney General specifies, in the Attorney
General’s sole and unreviewable discretion, after
consultation with the heads of appropriate Fed-
eral agencies, if—
‘‘(i) such service or assistance is deliv-
ered at the community level, including
through public or private nonprofit agen-
cies;
‘‘(ii) such service or assistance is nec-
essary for the protection of life, safety, or
public health; and
‘‘(iii) such service or assistance or the
amount or cost of such service or assist-
ance is not conditioned on the recipient’s
income or resources.’’.
SEC. 102. INCREASING INCOME AS A PERCENTAGE OF POV-
ERTY FOR AFFIDAVITS OF SUPPORT.
Section 213A, of the Illegal Immigration Reform and
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘125
percent’’ and inserting ‘‘appropriate percentage (ap-
plicable to the sponsor under subsection (f))’’,
(2) by amending subparagraph (E) of sub-
section (g)(1) to read as follows:
‘‘(E) demonstrates (as provided in para-
graph (6)) the means to maintain an annual in-
come equal to at least 200 percent of the Fed-
eral poverty line (or in the case of an affidavit
for a spouse or minor child of the petitioner
140 percent of the Federal poverty line).’’;
(3) by amending paragraph (2) of subsection
(g) to read as follows:
‘‘(2) INCOME REQUIREMENT CASE.—Such term
also includes an individual who does not meet the re-
quirement of paragraph (1)(E) but demonstrates (as
provided in paragraph (6)) the means to maintain
an annual income equal to at least 125 percent of
the Federal poverty line and accepts joint and sev-
eral liability together with an individual under para-
graph (5).’’; and
(4) by amending paragraphs (4) and (5) of sub-
section (g) to read as follows:
‘‘(4) 
CERTAIN
EMPLOYMENT-BASED
IMMI-
GRANTS CASE.—Such term also includes an individ-
ual—
‘‘(A) who does not meet the requirement of
paragraph (1)(D), but is the relative of the
sponsored alien who filed a classification peti-
tion for the sponsored alien as an employment-
based immigrant under section 203(b) or who
has a significant ownership interest in the en-
tity that filed such a petition; and
‘‘(B)(i) who demonstrates (as provided
under paragraph (6)) the means to maintain an
annual income equal to at least 200 percent of
the Federal poverty line (or in the case of an
affidavit for a spouse or minor child of the peti-
tioner 140 percent of the Federal poverty line),
or
‘‘(ii) does not meet the requirement of
paragraph (1)(E) but demonstrates (as pro-
vided in paragraph (6)) the means to maintain
an annual income equal to at least 125 percent
of the Federal poverty line and accepts joint
and several liability together with an individual
under paragraph (5).
‘‘(5) NON-PETITIONING CASE.—Such term also
includes an individual who does not meet the re-
quirement of paragraph (1)(D) but who accepts joint
and several liability with a petitioning sponsor under
paragraph (2) or relative of an employment-based
immigrant under paragraph (4) and who dem-
onstrates (as provided under paragraph (6)) the
means to maintain an annual income equal to at
least 200 percent of the Federal poverty line (or in
the case of an affidavit for a spouse or minor child
of the petitioner 140 percent of the Federal poverty
line).’’;
(5) by striking clause (ii) of subsection
(g)(6)(A) and redesignating clause (iii) of such sub-
section as clause (ii).
TITLE II—PUBLIC CHARGE
DEPORTATION
SEC. 201. GROUND FOR DEPORTATION.
(a) IMMIGRANTS.—Section 241(a)(5) (8 U.S.C.
1251(a)(5)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(5) PUBLIC CHARGE.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(i) Except as provided in subpara-
graph (B), an immigrant who during the
public charge period becomes a public
charge, regardless of when the cause for
becoming a public charge arises, is deport-
able.
‘‘(ii) The immigrant shall be subject
to deportation under this paragraph only if
the deportation proceeding is initiated not
later than the end of the 7-year period be-
ginning on the last date the immigrant re-
ceives a benefit described in subparagraph
(D) during the public charge period.
‘‘(B) 
EXCEPTIONS.—Subparagraph 
(A)
shall not apply—
‘‘(i) to an alien granted asylum under
section 208;
‘‘(ii) to an alien admitted as a refugee
under section 207; or
‘‘(iii) if the cause of the alien’s becom-
ing a public charge—
‘‘(I) arose after entry in the case
of an alien who entered as an immi-
grant or after adjustment to lawful
permanent resident status in the case
of an alien who entered as a non-
immigrant, and
‘‘(II) was a physical illness or
physical injury so serious the alien
could not work at any job, or was a
mental disability that required contin-
uous institutionalization.
‘‘(C) DEFINITIONS.—
‘‘(i) PUBLIC
CHARGE
PERIOD.—For
purposes of subparagraph (A), the term
‘public charge period’ means the period
ending 7 years after the date on which the
alien attains the status of an alien lawfully
admitted for permanent residence (or at-
tains such status on a conditional basis).
‘‘(ii) PUBLIC CHARGE.—For purposes
of subparagraph (A), the term ‘public
charge’ includes any alien who receives
benefits described in subparagraph (D) for
an aggregate period of at least 12 months
or 36 months in the case of an alien de-
scribed in subparagraph (E).
‘‘(D) BENEFITS DESCRIBED.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause
(ii), the benefits described in this subpara-
graph are means-tested public benefits de-
fined under section 213A(g)(1).
‘‘(ii) 
EXCEPTIONS.—Benefits 
de-
scribed in this subparagraph shall not in-
clude the following:
‘‘(I) Any benefits to which the
exceptions 
described 
in 
section
213A(g)(2) apply.
‘‘(II) Emergency medical assist-
ance (as defined in subparagraph
(F)).
‘‘(III) Payments for foster care
and adoption assistance under parts B
and E of title IV of the Social Secu-
rity Act made on the child’s behalf
under such part.
‘‘(IV) Benefits under laws admin-
istered by the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs and any other benefit available
by reason of service in the United
States Armed Forces.
‘‘(V) Benefits under the Head
Start Act.
‘‘(VI) Benefits under the Job
Training Partnership Act.
‘‘(VII) Benefits under any Eng-
lish as a second language program.
‘‘(iii) SUCCESSOR PROGRAMS.—Bene-
fits described in this subparagraph shall
include any benefits provided under any
successor program as identified by the At-
torney General in consultation with other
appropriate officials.
‘‘(E) 
SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
BATTERED
SPOUSE
AND
CHILD.—Subject to the second
sentence of this subparagraph, an alien is de-
scribed under this subparagraph if the alien
demonstrates that—
‘‘(i)(I) the alien has been battered or
subjected to extreme cruelty in the United
States by a spouse or a parent, or by a
member of the spouse or parent’s family
residing in the same household as the alien
and the spouse or parent consented or ac-
quiesced to such battery or cruelty, or (II)
the alien’s child has been battered or sub-
jected to extreme cruelty in the United
States by a spouse or parent of the alien
(without the active participation of the
alien in the battery or cruelty), or by a
member of the spouse or parent’s family
residing in the same household as the alien
when the spouse or parent consented or ac-
quiesced to and the alien did not actively
participate in such battery or cruelty;
‘‘(ii) the need for benefits described in
subparagraph (D) beyond an aggregate pe-
riod of 12 months has a substantial con-
nection to the battery or cruelty described
in clause (i); and
‘‘(iii) any battery or cruelty under
clause (i) has been recognized in an order
of a judge or an administrative law judge
or a prior determination of the Service.
An alien shall not be considered to be described
under this subparagraph during any period in which
the individual responsible for such battery or cruelty
resides in the same household or family eligibility
unit as the individual subjected to such battery or
cruelty.
‘‘(F) 
EMERGENCY
MEDICAL
ASSIST-
ANCE.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of
subparagraph (C)(ii)(II), the term ‘emer-
gency medical assistance’ means medical
assistance under title XIX of the Social
Security Act (or any successor program to
such title) for care and services that are
necessary for the treatment of an emer-
gency medical condition of the alien in-
volved and are not related to an organ
transplant procedure.
‘‘(ii) EMERGENCY
MEDICAL
CONDITION
DEFINED.—For purposes of this subparagraph,
the term ‘emergency medical condition’ means a
medical condition (including emergency labor
and delivery) manifesting itself by acute symp-
toms of sufficient severity (including severe
pain) such that the absence of immediate medi-
cal attention could reasonably be expected to re-
sult in—
‘‘(I) placing the patient’s health in se-
rious jeopardy,
‘‘(II) serious impairment to bodily
functions, or
‘‘(III) serious dysfunction of any bod-
ily organ or part.’’.
(b) EXCLUSION
AND
DEPORTATION
OF
NON-
IMMIGRANTS COMMITTING FRAUD OR MISREPRESENTA-
TION IN OBTAINING BENEFITS.—
(1) 
EXCLUSION.—Section 
212(a)(6)(C) 
(8
U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(C)), as amended by section
344(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immi-
grant Responsibility Act of 1996, is amended—
(A) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause
(iv), and
(B) by inserting after clause (ii) the follow-
ing clause (iii):
‘‘(iii) NONIMMIGRANT PUBLIC BENE-
FIT RECIPIENTS.—Any alien who was ad-
mitted as a nonimmigrant and who has ob-
tained benefits for which the alien was in-
eligible, through fraud or misrepresenta-
tion, under Federal law is excludable for a
period of 5 years from the date of the
alien’s departure from the United States.’’.
(2) DEPORTATION.—Section 241(a)(1)(C) (8
U.S.C. 1251(a)(1)(C)) is amended by adding after
clause (ii) the following:
‘‘(iii) NONIMMIGRANT PUBLIC BENE-
FIT RECIPIENTS.—Any alien who was ad-
mitted as a nonimmigrant and who has ob-
tained through fraud or misrepresentation
benefits for which the alien was ineligible
under Federal law is deportable.’’.
(c) INELIGIBILITY TO NATURALIZATION FOR ALIENS
DEPORTABLE AS PUBLIC CHARGE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 2 of title III of the
Act is amended by inserting after section 315 the
following new section:
‘‘INELIGIBILITY TO NATURALIZATION FOR PERSONS
DEPORTABLE AS PUBLIC CHARGE
‘‘SEC. 315A. (a) A person shall not be naturalized
if the person is deportable as a public charge under section
241(a)(5).
‘‘(b) An applicant for naturalization shall provide a
written attestation, under penalty of perjury, as part of
the application for naturalization that the applicant is not
deportable as a public charge under section 241(a)(5) to
the best of the applicant’s knowledge.
‘‘(c) The Attorney General shall make a determina-
tion that each applicant for naturalization is not deport-
able as a public charge under section 241(a)(5).’’.
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents is amended by inserting after the item relating
to section 315 the following:
‘‘Sec. 315A.
Ineligibility to naturalization for persons deportable as public
charge’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) SUBSECTION (a).—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
this paragraph, the amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply only to aliens who obtain
the status of an alien lawfully admitted for per-
manent residence more than 30 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
(B) APPLICATION TO CURRENT ALIENS.—
Such amendments shall apply also to aliens who
obtained the status of an alien lawfully admit-
ted for permanent residence less than 30 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, but
only with respect to benefits received after the
1-year period beginning on the date of enact-
ment and benefits received before such period
shall not be taken into account.
(2) SUBSECTION (b).—The amendments made
by subsection (b) shall take effect on the date of the
enactment of this Act and shall apply to fraud or
misrepresentation committed before, on, or after
such date.
(3) SUBSECTION (c).—The amendments made
by subsection (c) shall take effect on the date of the
enactment of this Act and shall apply to applications
submitted on or after 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
TITLE III—ATTRIBUTION OF
SPONSOR’S INCOME
SEC. 301. APPLICATION OF DEEMING TO CURRENT IMMI-
GRANTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 421 of the Personal Re-
sponsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of
1996 (8 U.S.C. 1631), as amended by section 552 of the
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility
Act of 1996, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing new subsection:
‘‘(g) APPLICATION OF DEEMING TO CURRENT IMMI-
GRANTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
for an alien for whom an affidavit of support has
been executed other than as required under section
213A of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the
requirement of subsection (a) shall apply for a pe-
riod of 5 years beginning on the day such alien was
provided lawful permanent resident status after the
execution of such affidavit or agreement, but in no
case after the date of naturalization of the alien.
(2) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not
apply and the period of attribution of a sponsor’s in-
come and resources under this subsection with re-
spect to an alien shall terminate at such time as an
affidavit of support of such sponsor with respect to
the alien becomes no longer enforceable under sec-
tion 213A(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act.’’.
(b) APPLICATION.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to determina-
tions of eligibility and amount of benefits for individ-
uals for whom an application is filed on or after the
first day of the first month beginning more than 60
days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) REDETERMINATIONS.—Such 
amendment
shall apply with respect to any redetermination of
eligibility and amount of benefits occurring on or
after the date determined under paragraph (1).
TITLE IV—INELIGIBILITY OF IL-
LEGAL ALIENS FOR PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS
SEC. 401. AUTHORIZATION OF STATES TO DENY DRIVER’S
LICENSES TO ILLEGAL ALIENS.
Any State is authorized to deny a driver’s license to
any alien who is not lawfully present in the United States.
SEC. 402. SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS.
(a) NO CREDITING FOR UNAUTHORIZED EMPLOY-
MENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 210 of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 410) is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘Demonstration of Required Citizenship Status
‘‘(s) For purposes of this title, service performed by
an individual in the United States shall constitute ‘em-
ployment’ only if it is demonstrated to the satisfaction of
the Commissioner of Social Security that such service was
performed by such individual while such individual was a
citizen, a national, a permanent resident, or otherwise au-
thorized to be employed in the United States in such serv-
ice.’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made
by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to services
performed after December 31, 1996.
(b) TRADE OR BUSINESS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 211 of such Act (42
U.S.C. 411) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
‘‘Demonstration of Required Citizenship Status
‘‘(j) For purposes of this title, a trade or business
(as defined in subsection (c)) carried on in the United
States by any individual shall constitute a ‘trade or busi-
ness’ only if it is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the
Commissioner of Social Security that such trade or busi-
ness (as so defined) was carried on by such individual
while such individual was a citizen, a national, a perma-
nent resident, or otherwise lawfully present in the United
States carrying on such trade or business.’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made
by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to any
trade or business carried on after December 31,
1996.
(c) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in the amendments
made by this section shall be construed to affect the appli-
cation of chapter 2 or chapter 21 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986.
SEC. 403. DENIAL OF TREATMENT OF HIV INFECTION FOR
ILLEGAL ALIENS.
Section 401(b)(1)(C) of the Personal Responsibility
and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8
U.S.C. 1611(b)(1)(C)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(which
may not include treatment for HIV infection or acquired
immune deficiency syndrome)’’ before the period at the
end.
TITLE V—ENHANCED VERIFICA-
TION OF ELIGIBILITY BASED
ON CITIZENSHIP OR IMMI-
GRATION STATUS
SEC. 501. REQUIRING PROOF OF IDENTITY FOR CERTAIN
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
(a) REVISION OF SAVE PROGRAM.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section
1137(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1320b–7(d)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) There must be presented the item (or
items) described in one of the following subpara-
graphs for that individual:
‘‘(A) A United States passport (either cur-
rent or expired if issued both within the pre-
vious 12 years and after the individual attained
18 years of age).
‘‘(B) A resident alien card or an alien reg-
istration card, if the card (i) contains a photo-
graph of the individual and (ii) contains secu-
rity features to make it resistant to tampering,
counterfeiting, and fraudulent use.
‘‘(C) A driver’s license or similar document
issued for the purpose of identification by a
State, if it contains a photograph of the individ-
ual.
‘‘(D) If the individual attests to being a
citizen or national of the United States and
that the individual does not have other docu-
mentation under this paragraph (under penalty
of perjury), such other documents or evidence
that identify the individual as the Attorney
General may designate as constituting reason-
able evidence indicating United States citizen-
ship or nationality.’’.
(2) TEMPORARY ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS.—
Section 1137(d) of such Act is further amended by
adding after paragraph (5) the following new para-
graph (6):
‘‘(6) If at the time of application for benefits,
the documentation under paragraph (2) is not pre-
sented or verified, such benefits may be provided to
the applicant for not more than 2 months, if—
‘‘(A) the applicant provides a written attes-
tation (under penalty of perjury) that the appli-
cant is a citizen or national of the United
States, or
‘‘(B) the applicant provides documentation
certified by the Department of State or the De-
partment of Justice, which the Attorney Gen-
eral determines constitutes reasonable evidence
indicating satisfactory immigration status.’’.
(3) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section
1137(d) of such Act is further amended in para-
graph (3), by striking ‘‘(2)(A) is presented’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(2)(B) is presented and contains the indi-
vidual’s alien admission number or alien file number
(or numbers if the individual has more than one
number)’’.
(b) SSI.—Section 1631(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1383(e)(7)) is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(8) The Commissioner of Social Security shall pro-
vide for the application under this title of rules similar
to the requirements of section 1137(d), insofar as they
apply to the verification of immigration or citizenship sta-
tus for eligibility for supplemental security income benefits
under this title.’’.
(c) REVISION IN PROCEDURES FOR PROOF OF CITI-
ZENSHIP.—Section 432(a)(2) of the Personal Responsibil-
ity and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8
U.S.C. 1642(a)(2)), as added by section 504(2) of the Ille-
gal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility
Act of 1996, is amended by striking all that follows ‘‘citi-
zenship’’ up to the period at the end.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—This section shall apply to
application for benefits filed on or after such date as
the Attorney General specifies in regulations under
paragraph (2). Such date shall be at least 60 days,
and not more than 90 days, after the date the Attor-
ney General first issues such regulations.
(2) REGULATIONS.—The Attorney General (in
consultation with the heads of other appropriate
agencies) shall first issue regulations to carry out
this section (and the amendments made by this sec-
tion) not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act. Such regulations shall be ef-