I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3083 
To amend section 402 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 to extend the eligibility period for supple-
mental security income benefits for refugees, asylees, and certain other 
humanitarian immigrants, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 3, 2011 
Mr. MCDERMOTT (for himself and Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary and the Budget, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend section 402 of the Personal Responsibility and 
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to extend 
the eligibility period for supplemental security income 
benefits for refugees, asylees, and certain other humani-
tarian immigrants, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘SSI Extension for El-
derly and Disabled Refugees Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF ELIGIBILITY PERIOD FOR SSI BENE-
FITS FOR CERTAIN RECIPIENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 402(a)(2)(M) of the Per-
sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 
Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)(M)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (i)(I), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 
2009 through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 
2009 through 2012’’; and 
(2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2009 
through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2009 
through 2012’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
402(a)(2)(M) of such Act is amended, in the subpara-
graph heading, by striking ‘‘THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2011’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on October 1, 2011. 
SEC. 3. DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT VISA PETITION FEE. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR FEE.—Section 204(a)(1)(I) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1154(a)(1)(I)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iv) Each petition filed under this subparagraph 
shall include a petition fee in the amount of $30.’’. 
(b) DEPOSIT OF FEE.—All fees collected pursuant to 
clause (iv) of section 204(a)(1)(I) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(I)), as added by 
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subsection (a), shall not be available for obligation and 
shall be deposited, in their entirety, in the general fund 
of the Treasury. 
(c) SUNSET OF FEES.—The fees collected pursuant 
to clause (iv) of section 204(a)(1)(I) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(I)), as added 
by subsection (a), shall apply only to petitions filed before 
October 1, 2013. 
SEC. 4. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, pro-
vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 
vote on passage. 
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