Key Votes
S Amdt 3820 - Legal Immigrants Assistance Eligibility Amendment - Key Vote
National Key Votes
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Stages
Family
- S Amdt 3780 - Asylum Seeker Amendment
- S Amdt 3820 - Legal Immigrants Assistance Eligibility Amendment
- S Amdt 3840 - Public Assistance to Legal Immigrants Amendment
- S Amdt 3752 - Citizen Verification Pilot Program Amendment
- S Amdt 3669 - Foreign Student Public Education Amendment
- S Amdt 3670 - Foreign Student Program Amendment
Issues
Stage Details
Amendment - Amendment Rejected (Senate) (46-53) - April 30, 1996 (Key vote)
Title: Legal Immigrants Assistance Eligibility Amendment
Vote to adopt an amendment that makes legal immigrants eligible to receive some forms of assistance.
- Makes legal immigrants eligible for:
- Emergency medical services;
- Benefits under National School Lunch Act;
- Assistance under Child Nutrition Act of 1996;
- Public health assistance for immunizations and treatment of communicable diseases;
- Services related to domestic violence or child abuse;
- Some programs of student assistance;
- Means-tested programs of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965;
- Benefits under Head Start Act; and
- Prenatal and postpartum services.
Amendment - Introduced (Senate) - April 30, 1996
Title: Legal Immigrants Assistance Eligibility Amendment
Sponsors
- Edward M. 'Ted' Kennedy Sr. (MA - D) (Out Of Office)