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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Food Stamp Benefits for Aliens
Restoration Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. LIMITED ELIGIBILITY OF QUALIFIED ALIENS FOR CERTAIN FEDERAL
PROGRAMS.

(a) In General.--Section 402(a) of the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)) (as
amended by section 5301, 5302(a), 5303(a), and 5304 of the Balanced
Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 597, 598, 600)) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (2)--
(A) in subparagraph (A)--
(i) by striking clause (ii);
(ii) by striking ''Asylees.--'' and all
that follows through ''paragraph (3)(A)'' and
inserting ''Asylees.--With respect to the
specified Federal program described in
paragraph (3)''; and
(iii) by redesignating subclauses (I)
through (IV) as clauses (i) through (iv) and
indenting appropriately;
(B) in subparagraph (D)--
(i) by striking clause (ii); and
(ii) in clause (i)--
(I) by striking ''(i) SSI.--'' and
all that follows through ''paragraph
(3)(A)'' and inserting the following:
''(i) In general.--With respect to the
specified Federal program described in
paragraph (3)'';
(II) by redesignating subclauses
(II) through (IV) as clauses (ii)
through (iv) and indenting
appropriately;
(III) by striking ''subclause (I)''
each place it appears and inserting
''clause (i)''; and
(IV) in clause (iv) (as
redesignated by subclause (II)), by
striking ''this clause'' and inserting
''this subparagraph''; and
(C) in subparagraphs (E) through (H), by striking
''paragraph (3)(A)'' each place it appears and
inserting ''paragraph (3)''; and
(2) in paragraph (3)--
(A) by striking ''means any'' and all that follows
through ''The supplemental'' and inserting ''means the
supplemental''; and
(B) by striking subparagraph (B).
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 402(b)(2)(F) of the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C.
1612(b)(2)(F)) (as added by section 5305(b) of the Balanced
Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 601)) is
amended by striking ''subsection (a)(3)(A)'' and inserting
''subsection (a)(3)''.
(2) Section 403(d) of the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(d)) (as
added by section 5303(c) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997
(Public Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 600)) is amended by striking
''subsections (a)(3)(A)'' and inserting ''subsections (a)(3)''.

SEC. 3. FIVE-YEAR LIMITED ELIGIBILITY OF QUALIFIED ALIENS FOR FEDERAL
MEANS-TESTED PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Section 403(c)(2) of the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(c)(2)) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
''(L) Assistance or benefits under the Food Stamp
Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq).''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORITY FOR STATES TO PROVIDE FOR ATTRIBUTION OF SPONSORS
INCOME AND RESOURCES TO THE ALIEN WITH RESPECT TO STATE
PROGRAMS.

Section 422(b) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1632(b)) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
''(8) Programs comparable to assistance or benefits under
the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq).''.

SEC. 5. DERIVATIVE ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS.

Section 436 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1646) (as added by section 5305(a)
of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 601))
is repealed.

SEC. 6. REQUIREMENTS FOR SPONSOR'S AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT.

Section 213A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1183a) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(B), by striking ''(as defined in
subsection (e) of this section)''; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following:
''(g) Means-Tested Public Benefit Defined.--In this section, the
term 'means-tested public benefit' does not include assistance or
benefits provided under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et
seq).''.

SEC. 7. STATUS OF CUBAN AND HAITIAN ENTRANTS.

Section 6(f) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2015(f)) is
amended in the first sentence by inserting before the period at the end
the following: ''; or (G) an alien who is a Cuban and Haitian entrant
(as defined in section 501(e) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act
of 1980 (Public Law 96-422; 8 U.S.C. 1522 note))''.

SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.

This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall be effective as
if included in the enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat.
2105).
A:
Food Stamp Benefits for Aliens Restoration Act of 1998 - Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, to eliminate specified eligibility restrictions for qualified aliens (as defined in such Acts) with respect to: (1) food stamps; and (2) Federal means- tested public benefits.
(Sec. 4) Prohibits States from attributing sponsor or spousal income and resources in determining an alien's food stamp or comparable program eligibility or benefits.
(Sec. 5) Repeals the prohibition on an alien's derivative food stamp eligibility based upon supplemental security income eligibility.
(Sec. 6) States that with respect to a sponsor affidavit of support means-tested public benefit does not include food stamps.
(Sec. 7) Amends the Food Stamp Act to make Cuban or Haitian refugee entrants eligible for food stamps.