I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3570 
To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 
to clarify that citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Repub-
lic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau who are lawfully 
residing in the United States are eligible for certain Federal public 
benefits. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 28, 2021 
Mr. CASE (for himself, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. SABLAN, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, Mr. 
SAN NICOLAS, and Mr. KAHELE) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to 
the Committees on Ways and Means, and Agriculture, 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 con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Act of 1996 to clarify that citizens of the Federated 
States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Is-
lands, and the Republic of Palau who are lawfully resid-
ing in the United States are eligible for certain Federal 
public benefits. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Compact Impact Fair-
ness Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF FEDERAL PUBLIC BENEFIT ELIGI-
BILITY FOR CITIZENS OF FREELY ASSOCI-
ATED STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 402 of the Personal Re-
sponsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 
1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(N) EXCEPTION FOR CITIZENS OF FREE-
LY ASSOCIATED STATES.—With respect to eligi-
bility for benefits for any specified Federal pro-
gram, paragraph (1) shall not apply to any in-
dividual who lawfully resides in the United 
States in accordance with the Compacts of Free 
Association between the Government of the 
United States and the Governments of the Fed-
erated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the 
Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (b)(2)(G)— 
(A) in the subparagraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘MEDICAID EXCEPTION FOR’’ and inserting 
‘‘EXCEPTION FOR’’; 
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(B) by striking ‘‘the designated Federal 
program defined in paragraph (3)(C) (relating 
to the Medicaid program)’’ and inserting ‘‘any 
designated Federal program’’. 
(b) EXCEPTION TO 5-YEAR WAIT REQUIREMENT.— 
Section 403(b)(3) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1613(b)(3)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘, but only with respect to the des-
ignated 
Federal 
program 
defined 
in 
section 
402(b)(3)(C)’’. 
(c) DEFINITION
OF QUALIFIED ALIEN.—Section 
431(b)(8) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1641(b)(8)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘, but only with respect to the designated Fed-
eral program defined in section 402(b)(3)(C) (relating to 
the Medicaid program)’’. 
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