HR 1445
105th Congress
House
Social Welfare
Administrative remedies
Agriculture and Food
Aliens
Department of Health and Human Services
Deportation
Food stamps
Government Operations and Politics
Immigrants
Immigration
Law
Refugees
Right of asylum
Supplemental security income program
Welfare eligibility
Fairness for Legal Immigrants Act of 1997
Introduced: April 24, 1997
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Everywhere this bill has been
6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 30, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Apr 30, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Apr 24, 1997
Referred to House Agriculture
Apr 24, 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 24, 1997
Referred to House Ways and Means
Apr 24, 1997
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Fairness for Legal Immigrants Act of 1997 - Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide for the continued eligibility for food stamps and supplemental security income for legal immigrants receiving such benefits as of the date of enactment of such Act, and for refugees present in the United States as of such date. Provides such benefits for five years to other refugees, asylees, and aliens under withheld deportation.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Cosponsors
1