S.Amdt. 2460
What it does: Adds SEC. __. GAO STUDY OF EFFECT OF AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT ON MEANS-TESTED PUBLIC BENEFITS wherever appropriate
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)What it changes
1 change to H.R. 2638
Adds SEC. __. GAO STUDY OF EFFECT OF AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT ON MEANS-TESTED PUBLIC BENEFITS wherever appropriate
Adds a sectionInserted: SEC. __. GAO STUDY OF EFFECT OF AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT ON MEANS-TESTED PUBLIC BENEFITS.
Inserted: (a) Inquiry and Report Required.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study examining--
Inserted: (1) the number of immigrants with a sponsor who submitted an Affidavit of Support (I-864) on the immigrant's behalf to the Department of Homeland Security or the former Immigration and Naturalization Service;
Inserted: (2) the number of immigrants described in paragraph (1) who received Federal means-tested public benefits (except those public benefits specified in section 403(c) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(c))) when the sponsor was obligated to support the immigrant and the total dollar value of such benefits;
Inserted: (3) the number of immigrants described in paragraph (1) who received State means-tested public benefits (except those public benefits specified in such section 403(c)) when the sponsor was obligated to support the immigrant and the total dollar value of such benefits;
Inserted: (4) the number of immigrants described in paragraph (1) who received local means-tested public benefits (except those public benefits specified in such section 403(c)) when the sponsor was obligated to support the immigrant and the total dollar value of such benefits;
Inserted: (5) the efforts taken by Federal, State, and local agencies that provided means-tested public benefits described in paragraph (2), (3), or (4) to immigrants to determine whether such immigrants were covered by a sponsor's obligation as contracted in an Affidavit of Support; and
Inserted: (6) the efforts taken by the Federal, State, and local agencies described in paragraph (5) to obtain repayment from the sponsors who were obligated to reimburse such agencies for the benefits described in paragraph (2), (3), or (4) received by sponsored immigrants.
Inserted: (b) Submission of Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit a report containing the results of the study conducted pursuant to subsection (a) to--
Inserted: (1) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
Inserted: (2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
Inserted: (3) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and
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Inserted: (4) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.
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SA 2460. Mr. SESSIONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2638, making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. GAO STUDY OF EFFECT OF AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT ON MEANS-TESTED PUBLIC BENEFITS.
(a) Inquiry and Report Required.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study examining--
(1) the number of immigrants with a sponsor who submitted an Affidavit of Support (I-864) on the immigrant's behalf to the Department of Homeland Security or the former Immigration and Naturalization Service;
(2) the number of immigrants described in paragraph (1) who received Federal means-tested public benefits (except those public benefits specified in section 403(c) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(c))) when the sponsor was obligated to support the immigrant and the total dollar value of such benefits;
(3) the number of immigrants described in paragraph (1) who received State means-tested public benefits (except those public benefits specified in such section 403(c)) when the sponsor was obligated to support the immigrant and the total dollar value of such benefits;
(4) the number of immigrants described in paragraph (1) who received local means-tested public benefits (except those public benefits specified in such section 403(c)) when the sponsor was obligated to support the immigrant and the total dollar value of such benefits;
(5) the efforts taken by Federal, State, and local agencies that provided means-tested public benefits described in paragraph (2), (3), or (4) to immigrants to determine whether such immigrants were covered by a sponsor's obligation as contracted in an Affidavit of Support; and
(6) the efforts taken by the Federal, State, and local agencies described in paragraph (5) to obtain repayment from the sponsors who were obligated to reimburse such agencies for the benefits described in paragraph (2), (3), or (4) received by sponsored immigrants.
(b) Submission of Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit a report containing the results of the study conducted pursuant to subsection (a) to--
(1) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
(2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
(3) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and
(4) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.
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Senate amendment submitted
July 25, 2007