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HR 1015 105th Congress House

Immigrant Fairness Act of 1997

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: May 7, 1997 See on congress.gov
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Mar 19, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Mar 11, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 11, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 19, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 1997 - 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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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 6
D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Jul 17, 1997
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 7, 1997
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Apr 29, 1997
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Mar 11, 1997
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Mar 11, 1997
FROST, MARTIN
· Mar 11, 1997
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Mar 11, 1997
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Waters, Maxine
California · Mar 11, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1015: Immigrant Fairness Act of 1997. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1015/
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"H.R. 1015: Immigrant Fairness Act of 1997." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1015/.
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