1621 of title 18, United States Code) nor to be
carried on one’s person.
‘‘(F) Unauthorized use or disclosure of the
information or identifiers contained in the em-
ployment verification system shall be punishable
by civil and criminal penalties.
‘‘(7) MONITORING AND IMPROVEMENTS IN SYS-
TEM.—(A) The Attorney General shall provide for
the monitoring and evaluation of the degree to which
the employment verification system established
under subsection (b) provides a secure system to de-
termine employment eligibility in the United States.
‘‘(B) To the extent that the system established
under this subsection and subsection (b) is found
not to be a secure system to determine employment
eligibility in the United States, the Attorney General
shall recommend such changes in (including addi-
tions to) the system as may be necessary to establish
such a system.
‘‘(8) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section—
‘‘(A) the term ‘Secretary’ means the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, and
‘‘(B) the term ‘State’ means one of the
United States, the District of Columbia, or
Puerto Rico.’’.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 274A
of the Immigration and Nationality Act is amended—
(A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘following
three paragraphs’’ and inserting ‘‘following four
paragraphs’’, and
(B) by striking subsections (i), (j), (k), (l), (m),
and (n).
(2) This subsection shall be effective on July 1, 1996.
SEC. 302. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE
INVESTIGATORS.
In addition to such amounts as are otherwise author-
ized to be appropriated, there is authorized to be appro-
priated for each of the fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998,
1999, and 2000 for salaries and expenses of the Immigra-
tion and Naturalization Service such amounts as may be
necessary to provide for an increase in the number of in-
vestigators of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
by 1,000 full-time equivalent investigator positions (and
such support personnel as are necessary) beyond the num-
ber of such positions authorized as of October 1, 1994.
TITLE IV—GOVERNMENT
BENEFITS
SEC. 401. PROHIBITION OF BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN CAT-
EGORIES OF ALIENS.
(a) DIRECT FEDERAL FINANCIAL BENEFITS.—Sub-
ject to subsection (b) and the Immigration and Nationality
Act, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, an
alien not lawfully within the United States as a permanent
resident, a refugee, an asylee, or a parolee is not eligible
for any direct Federal financial benefit or social insurance
benefit (whether through grant, loan, guarantee, or other-
wise) as such benefits are identified by the Attorney Gen-
eral in consultation with other appropriate heads of the
various departments and agencies of the Federal Govern-
ment.
(b) EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE.—Subsection (a)
shall not apply with respect to the Federal reimbursement
of emergency medical care for aliens, as determined by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services by regulation.
SEC. 402. UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
(a) An alien who has not been granted employment
authorization pursuant to the Immigration and National-
ity Act or other Federal law shall be ineligible for unem-
ployment compensation under an unemployment com-
pensation law of a State or the United States.
(b) An alien granted temporary work authorization
shall be eligible only for unemployment compensation
under an employment compensation law of a State or the
United States that accrued during such time as the alien
was authorized to work.
SEC. 403. HOUSING BENEFITS.
(a) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding section 401 or
any other provision of law, no alien who is not a perma-
nent resident, a refugee, an asylee, or a parolee shall be
eligible for benefits under the following provisions of law:
(1) The program of rental assistance on behalf
of low-income families provided under section 8 of
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437f).
(2) The program of assistance to public housing
under title I of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.).
(3) The loan program under section 502 of the
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472).
(4) The program of interest reduction payments
pursuant to contracts entered into by the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development under section
236 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C.
1715z–1).
(5) The program of loans for rental and cooper-
ative housing under section 515 of the Housing Act
of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1485).
(6) The program of rental assistance payments
pursuant to contracts entered into under section
521(a)(2)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.
1490a(a)(2)(A)).
(7) The program of assistance payments on be-
half of homeowners under section 235 of the Na-
tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z).
(8) The program of rent supplement payments
on behalf of qualified tenants pursuant to contracts
entered into under section 101 of the Housing and
Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s).
(9) The loan and grant programs under section
504 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1474)
for repairs and improvements to rural dwellings.
(10) The loan and assistance programs under
sections 514 and 516 of the Housing Act of 1949
(42 U.S.C. 1484, 1486) for housing for farm labor.
(11) The program of grants for preservation
and rehabilitation of housing under section 533 of
the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490m).
(12) The program of grants and loans for mu-
tual and self-help housing and technical assistance