H.R. 7925

[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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