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Senate Bill 792
118th Congress(2023-2024)
Compact Impact Fairness Act of 2023
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Introduced in Senate on Mar 14, 2023
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Introduced in Senate 
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S. 792 (Introduced-in-Senate)


118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 792


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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 14, 2023

Ms. Hirono (for herself, Mr. Boozman, and Mr. Schatz) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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 Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Compact Impact Fairness Act of 2023”.

SEC. 2. Provision of Federal public benefit eligibility for citizens of Freely Associated States.

(a) In general.—Section 402 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)(2), by adding at the end the following:

“(N) EXCEPTION FOR CITIZENS OF FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES.—With respect to eligibility for benefits for any specified Federal program, paragraph (1) shall not apply to any individual who lawfully resides in the United States in accordance with section 141 of the Compacts of Free Association between the Government of the United States and the Governments of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau, and who is a citizen of one of those three nations.”; and

(2) in subsection (b)(2)(G)—

(A) in the subparagraph heading, by striking “Medicaid exception for” and inserting “Exception for”; and

(B) by striking “the designated Federal program defined in paragraph (3)(C) (relating to the Medicaid program)” and inserting “any designated Federal program”.

(b) Exception to 5-Year wait requirement.—Section 403(b)(3) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1613(b)(3)) is amended by striking “, but only with respect to the designated Federal program defined in section 402(b)(3)(C)”.

(c) Definition of qualified alien.—Section 431(b)(8) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1641(b)(8)) is amended by striking “, but only with respect to the designated Federal program defined in section 402(b)(3)(C) (relating to the Medicaid program)”.