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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1571
To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996
to provide certain Federal public benefits to citizens of the Federated
States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the
Republic of Palau who are lawfully residing in the United States if
they are otherwise qualified, consistent with section 141 of the Compacts
of Free Association.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH14, 2023
Mr. C
ASE(for himself, Mr. WOMACK, and Ms. TOKUDA) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Ac-
countability, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and
Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Act of 1996 to provide certain Federal public benefits
to citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia, the
Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of
Palau who are lawfully residing in the United States
if they are otherwise qualified, consistent with section
141 of the Compacts of Free Association.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Compact Impact Fair-2
ness Act of 2023’’. 3
SEC. 2. PROVISION OF FEDERAL PUBLIC BENEFIT ELIGI-4
BILITY FOR CITIZENS OF FREELY ASSOCI-5
ATED STATES. 6
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 402 of the Personal Re-7
sponsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 8
1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612) is amended— 9
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by adding at the end 10
the following: 11
‘‘(N) E
XCEPTION FOR CITIZENS OF FREE -12
LY ASSOCIATED STATES.—With respect to eligi-13
bility for benefits for any specified Federal pro-14
gram, paragraph (1) shall not apply to any in-15
dividual who lawfully resides in the United 16
States in accordance with section 141 of the 17
Compacts of Free Association between the Gov-18
ernment of the United States and the Govern-19
ments of the Federated States of Micronesia, 20
the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the 21
Republic of Palau, and who is a citizen of one 22
of those three nations.’’; and 23
(2) in subsection (b)(2)(G)— 24
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(A) in the subparagraph heading, by strik-1
ing ‘‘MEDICAID EXCEPTION FOR’’ and in-2
serting ‘‘EXCEPTION FOR’’; and 3
(B) by striking ‘‘the designated Federal 4
program defined in paragraph (3)(C) (relating 5
to the Medicaid program)’’ and inserting ‘‘any 6
designated Federal program’’. 7
(b) E
XCEPTION TO5-YEARWAITREQUIREMENT.— 8
Section 403(b)(3) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1613(b)(3)) is 9
amended by striking ‘‘, but only with respect to the des-10
ignated Federal program defined in section 11
402(b)(3)(C)’’. 12
(c) D
EFINITION OF QUALIFIEDALIEN.—Section 13
431(b)(8) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1641(b)(8)) is amended 14
by striking ‘‘, but only with respect to the designated Fed-15
eral program defined in section 402(b)(3)(C) (relating to 16
the Medicaid program)’’. 17
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