Food Stamp Benefits for Aliens Restoration Act of 1998
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Mar 5, 1998)
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 just happenedMar 23, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMar 5, 1998
- Mar 23, 1998CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Mar 11, 1998CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee - Mar 10, 1998CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee - Mar 5, 1998IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Commerce
Energy and Commerce Committee - Mar 5, 1998IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Judiciary
Judiciary Committee - Mar 5, 1998IntroReferralH11100-A
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, 1998IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Agriculture
Agriculture Committee - Mar 5, 1998IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Mar 5, 1998IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House