I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4170 
To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 
Act of 1996 to provide certain benefits to noncitizens, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 15, 2023 
Ms. JAYAPAL (for herself, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, 
Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. BEYER, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. 
BOWMAN, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CASAR, Mr. CASTEN, Ms. 
CASTOR of Florida, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, 
Ms. CHU, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 
CONNOLLY, Mr. CORREA, Mr. CROW, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
DEGETTE, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. 
ESCOBAR, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. EVANS, Mrs. FOUSHEE, Ms. LOIS 
FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California, 
Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. GRIJALVA, 
Mrs. HAYES, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. IVEY, Ms. JACOBS, Mr. JOHNSON of 
Georgia, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. 
KILMER, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Mr. LIEU, Ms. 
LOFGREN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. MENG, Ms. MOORE of 
Wisconsin, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLI-
TANO, Ms. NORTON, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PETERS, 
Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POCAN, Ms. PORTER, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. QUIGLEY, 
Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. SALINAS, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. SCANLON, 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SMITH 
of Washington, Mr. SOTO, Ms. STANSBURY, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. 
TAKANO, Mr. THANEDAR, Ms. TITUS, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. 
TORRES of New York, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. 
TRONE, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN 
SCHULTZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Ms. WIL-
SON of Florida, Mr. PHILLIPS, and Mr. PASCRELL) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and the 
Workforce, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Financial Services, 
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 concerned 
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A BILL 
To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide certain benefits 
to noncitizens, 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 ‘‘Lifting Immigrant 
Families Through Benefits Access Restoration Act’’ or the 
‘‘LIFT the BAR Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF BASIC ASSISTANCE TO LAWFULLY 
PRESENT NONCITIZENS. 
(a) ELIMINATION OF ARBITRARY ELIGIBILITY RE-
STRICTIONS.—Sections 402, 403, 411, 412, 421, and 422 
of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Rec-
onciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612, 1613, 1621, 1622, 
1631, and 1632) are repealed. 
(b) NOTIFICATION AND INFORMATION REPORTING.— 
Section 404 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Op-
portunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1614) is 
amended by striking ‘‘, 402, or 403’’. 
(c) QUALIFIED NONCITIZENS.—Title IV of the Per-
sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 
Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) is amended— 
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(1) in the header, by striking ‘‘ALIENS’’ and 
inserting ‘‘NONCITIZENS’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘alien’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘noncitizen’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘aliens’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘noncitizens’’; 
(4) by striking ‘‘alien’s’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘noncitizen’s’’; 
(5) by striking ‘‘an alien’’ each place that it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘a noncitizen’’; 
(6) by striking ‘‘alien’’ each place that it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘noncitizen’’; 
(7) by striking ‘‘qualified alien’’ each place that 
it appears and inserting ‘‘qualified noncitizen’’; 
(8) by striking ‘‘qualified aliens’’ each place 
that it appears and inserting ‘‘qualified noncitizens’’; 
(9) by striking ‘‘qualified alien’s’’ each place 
that it appears and inserting ‘‘qualified nonciti-
zen’s’’; 
(10) in section 402— 
(A) in the header, by striking ‘‘QUALI-
FIED
ALIENS’’ and inserting ‘‘QUALIFIED 
NONCITIZENS’’; and 
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(B) in subsection (a)(2)(L), by striking 
‘‘QUALIFIED
ALIENS’’ and inserting ‘‘QUALI-
FIED NONCITIZENS’’; 
(11) in section 403, in the header, by striking 
‘‘QUALIFIED ALIENS’’ and inserting ‘‘QUALIFIED 
NONCITIZENS’’; 
(12) in section 411, in the header, by striking 
‘‘QUALIFIED ALIENS’’ and inserting ‘‘QUALIFIED 
NONCITIZENS’’; and 
(13) in section 412, in the header, by striking 
‘‘QUALIFIED ALIENS’’ and inserting ‘‘QUALIFIED 
NONCITIZENS’’. 
(d) ACCESS TO BASIC SERVICES FOR LAWFULLY RE-
SIDING NONCITIZENS.—Section 431 of the Personal Re-
sponsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 
1996 (8 U.S.C. 1641) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the header, by striking ‘‘QUALIFIED 
ALIEN’’ and inserting ‘‘QUALIFIED NONCIT-
IZEN’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘alien’’ and inserting ‘‘non-
citizen’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘an alien’’ and inserting ‘‘a 
noncitizen’’; and 
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101(a)(27)(J) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(J)); 
‘‘(D) who has a pending, bona fide applica-
tion for nonimmigrant status under section 
101(a)(15)(U) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C 1101(1)(15)(U)); 
‘‘(E) who was granted relief under the De-
ferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program; 
or 
‘‘(F) any other person who is not a citizen 
of the United States but who resides in a State 
or territory of the United States and is feder-
ally authorized to be present in the United 
States.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) NONCITIZEN.—For the purposes of this title, the 
term ‘noncitizen’ means any individual who is not a citizen 
of the United States.’’. 
(e) CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS.—Section 742 of 
the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Rec-
onciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1615) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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(A) in the header by striking ‘‘SCHOOL 
LUNCH AND BREAKFAST PROGRAMS’’ and in-
serting ‘‘CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘the school lunch pro-
gram’’ and inserting ‘‘any program’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘the school breakfast pro-
gram under section 4 of the’’ and inserting 
‘‘any program under’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Nothing in this Act shall 
prohibit or require a State to provide to an in-
dividual who is not a citizen or a qualified alien, 
as defined in section 431(b),’’ and inserting ‘‘A 
State shall not deny’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘paragraph (2) on the basis of an indi-
vidual’s citizenship or immigration status’’. 
(f) EXCLUSION OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDI-
TURES FOR CITIZENS OF FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES.— 
Section 1108(h) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1308(h)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Expenditures’’ and inserting: 
‘‘(1) Expenditures’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
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‘‘(2) With respect to eligibility for benefits for 
the designated Federal program defined in para-
graph (3)(C) (relating to the Medicaid program), 
paragraph (1) shall not apply to any individual who 
lawfully resides in 1 of the 50 States or the District 
of Columbia 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 
shall not apply, at the option of the Governor of 
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the North-
ern Mariana Islands, or American Samoa as commu-
nicated to the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices in writing, to any individual who lawfully resides 
in the respective territory in accordance with such 
Compacts.’’. 
(g) CHILD HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM.—Section 
2107(e)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1397gg(e)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by striking subparagraph (O); and 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (P), (Q), 
(R), (S), (T), and (U) as subparagraphs (O), (P), 
(Q), (R), (S), and (T). 
(h) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
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(1) SUPPLEMENTAL
FOOD
ASSISTANCE
PRO-
GRAM.—The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) is amended— 
(A) in section 5— 
(i) by striking subsection (i); and 
(ii) by redesignating subsections (j) 
through (n) as subsections (i) through (m), 
respectively; 
(B) in section 6— 
(i) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘an 
alien lawfully admitted for permanent’’ and 
all that follows through the end of the sub-
section and inserting ‘‘a noncitizen lawfully 
present in the United States.’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (s)(2), by striking 
‘‘(m), and (n)’’ and inserting ‘‘and (m)’’; 
and 
(C) in section 11(e)(2)(B)(v)(II) by strik-
ing ‘‘aliens’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘noncitizens’’. 
(2) MEDICAID.—Section 1903(v) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(v)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘admit-
ted for’’ and all that follows through the end of 
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the paragraph and inserting ‘‘present in the 
United States.’’; and 
(B) striking paragraph (4). 
(3) HOUSING ASSISTANCE.—Section 214(a) of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1980 (42 U.S.C. 1436a(a)) is amended by— 
(A) redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) 
as paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively; and 
(B) inserting after paragraph (5): 
‘‘(6) a qualified noncitizen as defined in section 
431 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Oppor-
tunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1641);’’. 
(4) GENERAL RULE ON NONCITIZENS’ ELIGI-
BILITY.—Section 401 of the Personal Responsibility 
and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 
U.S.C. 1611) is amended— 
(A) in the header— 
(i) by striking ‘‘QUALIFIED ALIENS’’ 
and inserting ‘‘QUALIFIED
NONCITI-
ZENS’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘ALIENS’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘NONCITIZENS’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘alien’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘noncitizen’’. 
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(5) ASSISTANCE NOT TREATED AS DEBT AB-
SENT FRAUD.—Section 213A(b)(1)(A) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act is amended by striking 
‘‘benefit,’’ and inserting ‘‘benefit by fraud,’’. 
(i) PRESERVING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE.—Sec-
tion 36B(c)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN INDI-
VIDUALS LAWFULLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED 
STATES.—If— 
‘‘(i) a taxpayer has a household in-
come which is not greater than 100 per-
cent of an amount equal to the poverty line 
for a family of the size involved, 
‘‘(ii) the taxpayer is a non-citizen law-
fully present in the United States, 
‘‘(iii) the taxpayer is ineligible for 
minimum essential coverage under section 
5000A(f)(1)(A)(ii), and 
‘‘(iv) under the Medicaid eligibility 
criteria for non-citizens in effect on De-
cember 26, 2020, the taxpayer would be 
ineligible for such minimum essential cov-
erage by reason of the taxpayer’s immigra-
tion status, 
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the taxpayer shall, for purposes of the credit 
under this section, be treated as an applicable 
taxpayer with a household income which is 
equal to 100 percent of the poverty line for a 
family of the size involved.’’. 
(j) FEDERAL AGENCY GUIDANCE.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, each 
Federal agency, as applicable, shall issue guidance with 
respect to implementing the amendments made by this 
Act. 
(k) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date of enactment of 
this Act and shall apply to services furnished on or after 
the date that is 180 days after the date on which any guid-
ance is issued pursuant to subsection (i). 
Æ 
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