HR 1360
105th Congress
House
Social Welfare
Agriculture and Food
Aliens
Disabled
Food stamps
Immigration
Mentally disabled
Naturalization
Physically disabled
Supplemental security income program
Welfare eligibility
To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide for an exception to limited eligibility for SSI and food stamps for certain permanent resident aliens who are unable because of physical or developmental disability or mental impairment to naturalize.
Introduced: April 17, 1997
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 28, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Apr 23, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Apr 17, 1997
Referred to House Agriculture
Apr 17, 1997
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.
Apr 17, 1997
Referred to House Ways and Means
Apr 17, 1997
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to make certain permanent resident aliens who are unable to naturalize because of physical or developmental disability or mental impairment eligible for food stamps or supplemental security income benefits.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Cosponsors
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