Title 8 — Aliens and Nationality
Chapter 14 — Restricting Welfare and Public Benefits for Aliens
§ 1625. Authorization for verification of eligibility for State and local public benefits
Statutory text
A State or political subdivision of a State is authorized to require an applicant for State and local public benefits (as defined in section 1621(c) of this title) to provide proof of eligibility.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
Pub. L. 104–193 title IV § 413 · 110 Stat. 2105
Enacted · 8 U.S.C. § 1625
(Pub. L. 104–193, title IV, § 413, as added Pub. L. 105–33, title V, § 5307(a), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 602.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 104–193, title IV, § 413, as added Pub. L. 105–33, title V, § 5307(a), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 602.)
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective, except as otherwise provided, as if included in the enactment of title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104–193, see section 5308 of Pub. L. 105–33, set out as an Effective Date of 1997 Amendment note under section 1612 of this title.
Credits
(Pub. L. 104–193, title IV, § 413, as added Pub. L. 105–33, title V, § 5307(a), , 111 Stat. 602.)