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Legal Immigrants' Fairness Act of 1997

Introduced: February 10, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Feb 12, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Feb 10, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 10, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Legal Immigrants' Fairness Act of 1997 - Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to permit legally admitted permanent resident aliens to receive Federal Supplemental Security Income and Medicaid payments.

What's happening now February 12, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 7
D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · May 30, 1997
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · May 30, 1997
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · May 30, 1997
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Mar 10, 1997
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 10, 1997
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Mar 10, 1997
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Mar 10, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 663: Legal Immigrants' Fairness Act of 1997. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-663/
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"H.R. 663: Legal Immigrants' Fairness Act of 1997." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-663/.
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H.R. 663, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-663/.
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