Public Charge Clarification Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Public Charge Clarification Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers. The main policy domain is Immigration, Healthcare, Social Welfare.
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 HCD348B41A4DC48C396DFACD66CA35FD6: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Public Charge Clarification Act of 2026.
- Section HE58520788E34409F954E2C75552E7752: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: Section 212(a)(4)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(4)(A)) establishes that an alien who,...
- Section H53D9F24FDA2644EB9C203B8B3647AEFA: 3. Definition of public charge Section 212(a)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(4)) is amended to read as follows: (4)Public...
- Section H032FED964E6047078C5C04987F75137B: 4. Conforming amendments Section 213A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183a) is amended— by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as...
- Section H5410D0568432469087AC7899FF1EE42C: 5. Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall— take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act; and apply to all...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Public Charge Clarification Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.
Key Policy Areas
Immigration, Healthcare, Social Welfare
Primary Purpose
This bill, Public Charge Clarification Act of 2026, 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
Roger Marshall
R-KS | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Marshall (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida) introduced …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_homeland_security"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
the alien is likely to receive 1 or more public benefits for more than 12 months, in the aggregate, during any 36-month period after the date on which— the alien is admitted to the United States
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