H.R. 1416 — To amend title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 restricting welfare and public benefits for aliens to provide an exception to limited eligibility for SSI and food stamps programs for permanent resident aliens who are applicants for naturalization.

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Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 with respect to restrictions on welfare benefits for aliens to provide an exception to limited eligibility for Supplemental Security Income benefits and food stamps for permanent resident aliens who are applicants for naturalization.

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1997-04-23
Introduced in House
1997-04-23
Introduced in House
1997-04-23
Referred to House Ways and Means
1997-04-23
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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 concerned.
1997-04-23
Referred to House Agriculture
1997-04-30
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

To amend title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 restricting welfare and public benefits for aliens to provide an exception to limited eligibility for SSI and food stamps programs for permanent resident aliens who are applicants for naturalization.

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