S.821 - SSI Extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees Act
A bill to amend section 402 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide for an extension of eligibility for supplemental security income through fiscal year 2010 for refugees, asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants.
To amend section 402 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide for an extension of eligibility for supplemental security income through fiscal year 2010 for refugees, asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 8, 2007
Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mr. KOHL, Mr. FEINGOLD, Mr. CARDIN, and Mrs. CLINTON) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on FinanceCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
A BILL
To amend section 402 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide for an extension of eligibility for supplemental security income through fiscal year 2010 for refugees, asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
SEC. 2. SSI EXTENSION FOR HUMANITARIAN IMMIGRANTS.
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:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
`(i) IN GENERAL- With respect to eligibility for benefits for the specified Federal program described in paragraph (3)(A), the 7-year period described in subparagraph (A) shall be deemed to be a 9-year period during the period that begins on the date of enactment of the SSI Extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees Act and ends on September 30, 2010.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
`(I) IN GENERAL- Beginning on the date of the enactment of the SSI Extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees Act, any qualified alien rendered ineligible for the specified Federal program described in paragraph (3)(A) during fiscal years prior to the fiscal year in which such Act is enacted solely by reason of the termination of the 7-year period described in subparagraph (A) shall be eligible for such program for an additional 2-year period in accordance with this subparagraph, if such alien meets all other eligibility factors under title XVI of the Social Security Act.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
`(II) PAYMENT OF BENEFITS- Benefits paid under subparagraph (I) shall be paid prospectively over the duration of the qualified alien's renewed eligibility.'.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
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U.S. Congress - Text of S.821 as Reference Change Senate SSI Extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees Act
