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Food Stamp Benefits for Aliens Restoration Act of 1998

Introduced: March 5, 1998 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 23, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Mar 11, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Mar 10, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Mar 5, 1998
Referred to House Commerce
Mar 5, 1998
Referred to House Judiciary
Mar 5, 1998
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Commerce, 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.
Mar 5, 1998
Referred to House Agriculture
Mar 5, 1998
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Food Stamp Benefits for Aliens Restoration Act of 1998 - Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, to eliminate specified eligibility restrictions for qualified aliens (as defined in such Acts) with respect to: (1) food stamps; and (2) Federal means- tested public benefits.

(Sec. 4) Prohibits States from attributing sponsor or spousal income and resources in determining an alien's food stamp or comparable program eligibility or benefits.

(Sec. 5) Repeals the prohibition on an alien's derivative food stamp eligibility based upon supplemental security income eligibility.

(Sec. 6) States that with respect to a sponsor affidavit of support means-tested public benefit does not include food stamps.

(Sec. 7) Amends the Food Stamp Act to make Cuban or Haitian refugee entrants eligible for food stamps.

What's happening now March 23, 1998

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1763 Identical bill Food Stamp Benefits for Aliens Restoration Act of 1997
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · May 13, 1998
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · May 13, 1998
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