HR 4247
114th Congress
House
Immigration
Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Cuba
Government studies and investigations
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures
Latin America
Poverty and welfare assistance
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Cuban Immigrant Work Opportunity Act of 2015
Introduced: December 15, 2015
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 23, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Dec 15, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Dec 15, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Dec 15, 2015
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Dec 15, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Cuban Immigrant Work Opportunity Act of 2015
This bill makes Cuban nationals who enter the United States on or after the date of enactment of this Act ineligible for refugee/parolee assistance under the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980.
Conforming amendments are made to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 and the Immigration and Nationality Act.
The Inspector General of the Social Security Administration shall report to Congress describing methods for enforcing the loss of Supplemental Security Income eligibility by persons who are absent from the United States for at least one month.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.