Cuban Immigrant Work Opportunity Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4247
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Curbelo, Carlos [R-FL-26]
Introduced: 2015-12-15
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Caribbean area

Congressional oversight

Cuba

Government studies and investigations

Immigrant health and welfare

Immigration status and procedures

Latin America

Poverty and welfare assistance

Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Latest action: action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-12-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Cuban Immigrant Work Opportunity Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>This bill makes Cuban nationals who enter the United States on or after the date of enactment of this Act ineligible for refugee/parolee assistance under the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980.</p> <p>Conforming amendments are made to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 and the Immigration and Nationality Act.</p> <p>The Inspector General of the Social Security Administration shall report to Congress describing methods for enforcing the loss of Supplemental Security Income eligibility by persons who are absent from the United States for at least one month.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4247 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 15, 2015 Mr. Curbelo of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce , and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means , 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 A BILL To provide that certain Cuban entrants are ineligible to receive refugee assistance, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Cuban Immigrant Work Opportunity Act of 2015 . 2. Certain Cubans entrants ineligible for refugee assistance (a) In general Title V of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 ( 8 U.S.C. 1522 note) is amended— (1) in the heading by striking Cuban and ; and (2) in section 501— (A) by striking Cuban and each place it appears; and (B) in subsection (e)— (i) in paragraph (1)— (I) by striking Cuban/ ; and (II) by striking Cuba or ; and (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking Cuba or . (b) Conforming amendments (1) Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 Title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 ( 8 U.S.C. 1601 et seq. ) is amended by striking Cuban and Haitian entrant each place it appears and inserting Haitian entrant . (2) Immigration and Nationality Act Section 245A(h)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1255a(h)(2)(A) ) is amended by striking Cuban and Haitian entrant each place it appears and inserting Haitian entrant . (c) Applicability The amendments made by this section shall apply only in the case of a national of Cuba who enters the United States on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 3. Report Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Social Security Administration shall submit to Congress a report which describes the methods by which the requirement under section 416.215 of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, is enforced.