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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2597
To rescind restrictions on welfare and public benefits for legal immigrants
enacted by title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996, and to reduce arms transfer subsidies.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 1, 1997
Ms. FURSE (for herself, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. CLAY, Mr.
CLYBURN, Mr. EVANS, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. GUTIERREZ,
Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mr. MAR-
KEY, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. WATERS, and Ms. WOOL-
SEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on International
Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned
A BILL
To rescind restrictions on welfare and public benefits for
legal immigrants enacted by title IV of the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
of 1996, and to reduce arms transfer subsidies.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Equity for Immigrants
Act’’.
TITLE I—TERMINATION OF PRO-
VISIONS OF PUBLIC LAW 104–
193 RESTRICTING WELFARE
AND PUBLIC BENEFITS FOR
LEGAL IMMIGRANTS
SEC 101. TERMINATION OF PROVISIONS OF PUBLIC LAW
104–193 RESTRICTING WELFARE AND PUBLIC
BENEFITS FOR LEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on Octo-
ber 1, 1998, the provisions of title IV of the Personal Re-
sponsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of
1996 (Public Law 104–193, as amended by the Balanced
Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–33)) shall cease to
be effective, the amendments made by that title shall be
repealed, and any provision of law repealed by that title
shall be reenacted.
TITLE II—REDUCTION IN ARMS
TRANSFER SUBSIDIES
SEC. 201. LEASED DEFENSE ARTICLES.
(a) REPEAL.—Chapter 6 of the Arms Export Control
Act (22 U.S.C. 2796 and following) is repealed.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The repeal made by subsection
(a) shall not affect any agreement or contract entered into
under chapter 6 of the Arms Export Control Act before
the effective date of this title.
SEC. 202. EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES.
Section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2321j) is repealed.
SEC. 203. RECOUPMENT FEES.
(a) ELIMINATION OF WAIVER AUTHORITY.—Section
21(e) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(e))
is amended by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating
paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).
(b) RECOUPMENT
OF
FEES
FOR
COMMERCIAL
SALES.—Section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22
U.S.C. 2778) is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing new subsection:
‘‘(i)(1) Any sale involving the export of major defense
equipment pursuant to a license or other approval granted
under this section shall include an appropriate charge for
a proportionate amount of the nonrecurring costs incurred
by the United States in the research, development, and
production of such equipment. Such charge shall be com-
parable to the charge imposed pursuant to section
21(e)(1)(B) of this Act relating to government-to-govern-
ment sales of major defense equipment.
‘‘(2) The charge provided for in paragraph (1) shall
not apply with respect to major defense equipment that
is paid for from funds transferred under section 503(a)(3)
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2311(a)(3)) or from funds made available on a grant or
other nonrepayable basis under section 23 of this Act.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section apply with respect to major defense equipment
sold pursuant to a contract entered into on or after the
effective date of this title.
SEC. 204. MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM.
No funds to carry out section 23 of the Arms Export
Control Act may be made available—
(1) for grants or loans to Greece, Turkey, Ethi-
opia, Eritrea, Uganda, Caribbean countries, or any
country eligible to participate in the Partnership for
Peace Initiative in fiscal year 1997; or
(2) for the Enhanced International Peacekeep-
ing Initiative.
SEC. 205. ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.
No funds to carry out the provisions of chapter 4 of
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, relating
to the economic support fund, may be made available for
Turkey, Haiti, or Cambodia to offset costs of purchasing
defense articles or defense services from the United
States.
SEC. 206. INTERNATIONAL ARMS BAZAARS.
No funds appropriated or otherwise made available
pursuant to any Act of Congress may be used to offset
the cost of a demonstration or exhibition of defense arti-
cles or defense services at a trade show or other pro-
motional event in a foreign country for potential pur-
chasers of those defense articles or defense services.
SEC. 207. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this title, the terms ‘‘defense article’’ and
‘‘defense service’’ have the meanings given those terms in
section 47 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
2794).
SEC. 208. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This title and the amendments made by this title
shall take effect on October 1, 1998.
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