[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7925 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7925

       To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
   Reconciliation Act of 1996 to limit the eligibility of aliens to 
  receive benefits under the temporary assistance for needy families 
                    program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 12, 2026

  Mr. Steube (for himself and Mr. Burchett) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
       To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
   Reconciliation Act of 1996 to limit the eligibility of aliens to 
  receive benefits under the temporary assistance for needy families 
                    program, and for other purposes.

    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 ``American Families First Assistance 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ALIEN ELIGIBILITY FOR TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES.

    Section 402 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(3), by repealing subparagraph (A); 
        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Limited Eligibility for Temporary Assistance for Needy 
Families.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law and except as provided in paragraph (2), an alien who is a 
        qualified alien (as defined in section 431) is not eligible for 
        the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance 
        for needy families under part A of title IV of the Social 
        Security Act.
            ``(2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to an alien 
        who is described in paragraph (1), (7) (with respect to a 
        national of Cuba), or (8) of section 431(b).''.
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