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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
S. 4307
To amend section 402 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 to extend the eligibility period for supple-
mental security income benefits for refugees, asylees, and certain other
humanitarian immigrants, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 23, 2020
Mrs. MURRAY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Finance
A BILL
To amend section 402 of the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to extend
the eligibility period for supplemental security income
benefits for refugees, asylees, and certain other humani-
tarian immigrants, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Benefits
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for Elderly Refugees and Refugees with Disabilities Dur-
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ing COVID–19 Act of 2020’’.
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SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF ELIGIBILITY PERIOD FOR SSI BENE-
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FITS FOR CERTAIN RECIPIENTS.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 402(a)(2)(M) of the Per-
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sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
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Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)(M)) is amended—
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(1) in clause (i)(I), by inserting ‘‘and the period
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beginning on January 31, 2020, and ending on Sep-
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tember 30, 2021,’’ after ‘‘fiscal years 2009 through
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2011,’’; and
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(2) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘and the period
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beginning on January 31, 2020, and ending on Sep-
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tember 30, 2021,’’ after ‘‘fiscal years 2009 through
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2011’’.
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(b) SPECIAL RULE IN CASE OF APPEALED NATU-
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RALIZATION APPLICATION.—Section 402(a)(2)(M)(ii) of
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the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Rec-
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onciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)(M)(ii)), as
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amended by subsection (a)(2), is amended—
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(1) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘, APPEALED,’’
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after ‘‘PENDING’’;
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(2) by inserting ‘‘or on appeal’’ after ‘‘that is
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pending’’; and
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(3) by inserting ‘‘, appealed,’’ after ‘‘such appli-
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cation is pending’’.
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(c)
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
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402(a)(2)(M) of such Act is amended, in the subpara-
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graph heading, by striking ‘‘THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2011’’.
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
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this section shall take effect on January 31, 2020.
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SEC. 3. NATURALIZATION APPLICATION FEE WAIVER.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sections 286(m)
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and 344(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
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U.S.C. 1356(m) and 8 U.S.C. 1455(a)), no fee shall be
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charged or collected from an applicant described in sub-
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section (b) in conjunction with—
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(1) filing an application for naturalization;
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(2) conducting a hearing on such application; or
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(3) the issuance of a certificate of naturaliza-
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tion upon being granted United States citizenship.
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(b) APPLICANT DESCRIBED.—An applicant is de-
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scribed in this section if the applicant—
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(1) is receiving payments under the supple-
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mental security income program established under
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title XVI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1381
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et seq.); and
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(2) is applying, or has applied, to become a nat-
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uralized citizen of the United States in accordance
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with section 334 of the Immigration and Nationality
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Act (8 U.S.C. 1445).
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