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HR 4122 104th Congress House

Immigrant Fairness Act of 1996

Official title: To rescind restrictions on welfare and public benefits for legal immigrants enacted by title 4 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliati… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To rescind restrictions on welfare and public benefits for legal immigrants enacted by title 4 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, to reduce corporate welfare, to strengthen tax provisions regarding persons who relinquish United States citizenship, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 19, 1996 See on congress.gov
Immigration Affiliated corporationsAgriculture and FoodAid to dependent childrenAliens
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Americans in foreign countriesBlock grantsCitizenshipCommerceCorporate liquidationsCorporate profitsCorporation taxesDividendsEarned income tax creditEconomics and Public FinanceEmployee health benefitsEstate taxExpatriationFamiliesFederal aid programs
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 19, 1996
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Title I: Termination of Provisions of Public Law 104-193

Restricting Welfare and Public Benefits for Legal

Immigrants

Title II: Tax Provisions

Immigrant Fairness Act of 1996 - Title I: Termination of Provisions of Public Law 104-193 Restricting Welfare and Public Benefits For Legal Immigrants - Repeals title IV (Restricting Welfare and Public Benefits for Aliens) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.

Title II: Tax Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to: (1) tax provisions on expatriation, including coordination with estate and gift tax and health insurance portability rules; (2) basis of assets of nonresidents who become U.S. citizens or residents; (3) foreign income exclusions; (4) treatment of domestic corporation stock dispositions by certain foreign shareholders as effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business, and related withholding requirements; and (5) imposition of an alternative minimum tax on corporations importing products into the United States at artificially inflated prices.

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 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 19, 1996
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Waters, Maxine
California · Sep 19, 1996
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4122: Immigrant Fairness Act of 1996. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-4122/
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"H.R. 4122: Immigrant Fairness Act of 1996." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-4122/.
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