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Antwort in : /alt/activism/d Absender : tsteege@uuscdc.org (Ted Steege) Betreff : Details on Food Stamp restoration Datum : So 07.06.98, 00:57 (erhalten: 08.06.98) Groesse : 6527 Bytes ----------------------------------------------------------------------
The Agriculture Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act (S. 1150), which passed the House of Representatives yesterday by a vote of 364 to 50, will restore food stamp eligibility to about 30 percent of those who lost food stamps in 1997, making them eligible again on November 1, 1998. Recent research has found that hunger among thousands of immigrant children and their families whose food stamp assistance was cut off last year is increasing dramatically.
Thanks to Josh Bernstein of the National Immigration Law Center, here is the full text of the sections of S. 1150 restoring federal food stamps to certain immigrants:
SEC. 503. EXTENSION OF ELIGIBILITY PERIOD FOR REFUGEES AND CERTAIN OTHER QUALIFIED ALIENS FROM 5 TO 7 YEARS.
Section 402(a)(2)(A) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)(A)) is amended--
(1) by striking clause (ii);
(2) by striking `ASYLEES- ' and all that follows through `paragraph (3)(A)' and inserting `ASYLEES- With respect to the specified Federal programs described in paragraph (3)'; and
(3) by redesignating subclauses (I) through (V) as clauses (i) through (v) and indenting appropriately.
SEC. 504. FOOD STAMP ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN DISABLED ALIENS.
Section 402(a)(2)(F) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)(F)) is amended--
(1) by striking `program defined in paragraph (3)(A) (relating to the supplemental security income program)' and inserting `specified Federal programs described in paragraph (3)'; and
(2) in clause (ii)--
(A) by inserting `(I) in the case of the specified Federal program described in paragraph (3)(A),' after `(ii)';
(B) by striking the period at the end and inserting `; and'; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
`(II) in the case of the specified Federal program described in paragraph (3)(B), is receiving benefits or assistance for blindness or disability (within the meaning of section 3(r) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2012(r))).'.
SEC. 505. FOOD STAMP ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN INDIANS.
Section 402(a)(2)(G) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)(G)) is amended--
(1) in the subparagraph heading, by striking `SSI EXCEPTION' and inserting `EXCEPTION'; and
(2) by striking `program defined in paragraph (3)(A) (relating to the supplemental security income program)' and inserting `specified Federal programs described in paragraph (3)'.
SEC. 506. FOOD STAMP ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS.
Section 402(a)(2) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
`(I) FOOD STAMP EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS- With respect to eligibility for benefits for the specified Federal program described in paragraph (3)(B), paragraph (1) shall not apply to any individual who on August 22, 1996--
`(i) was lawfully residing in the United States; and
`(ii) was 65 years of age or older.'.
SEC. 507. FOOD STAMP ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN.
Section 402(a)(2) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)) (as amended by section 506) is amended by adding at the end the following:
`(J) FOOD STAMP EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN- With respect to eligibility for benefits for the specified Federal program described in paragraph (3)(B), paragraph (1) shall not apply to any individual who--
`(i) was lawfully residing in the United States on August 22, 1996; and
`(ii) is under 18 years of age.'.
SEC. 508. FOOD STAMP ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN HMONG AND HIGHLAND LAOTIANS.
Section 402(a)(2) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)) (as amended by section 507) is amended by adding at the end the following:
`(K) FOOD STAMP EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN HMONG AND HIGHLAND LAOTIANS- With respect to eligibility for benefits for the specified Federal program described in paragraph (3)(B), paragraph (1) shall not apply to--
`(i) any individual who--
`(I) is lawfully residing in the United States; and
`(II) was a member of a Hmong or Highland Laotian tribe at the time that the tribe rendered assistance to United States personnel by taking part in a military or rescue operation during the Vietnam era (as defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code);
`(ii) the spouse, or an unmarried dependent child, of such an individual; or
`(iii) the unremarried surviving spouse of such an individual who is deceased.'.
SEC. 509. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
Section 403(d) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(d)) is amended--
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking `SSI' and all that follows through `INDIANS' and inserting `BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN GROUPS';
(2) by striking `not apply to an individual' and inserting `not apply to--
`(1) an individual';
(3) by striking `(a)(3)(A)' and inserting `(a)(3)'; and
(4) by striking the period at the end and inserting `; or'; and
(5) by adding at the end the following:
`(2) an individual, spouse, or dependent described in section 402(a)(2)(K), but only with respect to the specified Federal program described in section 402(a)(3)(B).'.
SEC. 510. EFFECTIVE DATES.
(a) REDUCTIONS- The amendments made by sections 501 and 502 take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
(b) FOOD STAMP ELIGIBILITY- The amendments made by sections 503 through 509 take effect on November 1, 1998.
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