To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide certain benefits to noncitizens, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide certain benefits to noncitizens, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers. The main policy domain is Immigration, Social Welfare, Healthcare.
Who Benefits and How
immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H37869DE9DF7D46D18744F4EA0AC3C4E4: 1. Short titles This Act may be cited as the Lifting Immigrant Families Through Benefits Access Restoration Act of 2023 or the LIFT the BAR Act of 2023.
- Section HF6FCA177698042CFB816A19D614011E0: 2. Availability of basic assistance to lawfully present noncitizens Sections 402, 403, 411, 412, 421, and 422 of the Personal Responsibility and Work...
- Section H9B54FB2901B7423AB158490BDF7BF6A8: 3. Federal agency guidance Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Federal agency affected by any of the amendments made by...
- Section H5B5B75E2B9874A17A629F2854591C042: 4. Effective date The amendments made by this Act— shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act; and shall apply to services furnished on or...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide certain benefits to noncitizens, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.
Key Policy Areas
Immigration, Social Welfare, Healthcare
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide certain benefits to noncitizens, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Hirono (for herself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Brown, Mr. Welch, …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a noncitizen who, at the time the noncitizen applies for, receives, or attempts to receive a Federal public benefit, is lawfully present in the United States. in subsection (c)— in the header, by striking qualified aliens and inserting qualified noncitizens
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