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H.R. 8911 116th Congress House

Compact Impact Fairness Act of 2020

Official title: To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide public benefits to citizens of the freely associated states, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 9, 2020 Introduced by: Ed Case Democratic · Hawaii See on congress.gov
Immigration Immigration status and proceduresInternational law and treatiesMarshall IslandsMicronesia
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OceaniaPalauPoverty and welfare assistance
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 Latest action December 9, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Compact Impact Fairness Act of 2020

This bill eliminates residency requirements for a citizen of the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, or Palau to be eligible to receive certain federal public benefits. (A citizen of one of these countries may stay and work in the United States as a nonresident alien without a visa. But as a nonresident alien, that individual is ineligible for most federal public benefits under current law.)

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 1 Republican 2
Blumenauer, Earl
· Dec 17, 2020
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Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman
American Samoa · Dec 9, 2020
Sablan, Gregorio
· Dec 9, 2020
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Dec 9, 2020
 R
Womack, Steve
Arkansas · Dec 9, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8911: Compact Impact Fairness Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8911/
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