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[CITE: 8USC1625]

 
                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
     CHAPTER 14--RESTRICTING WELFARE AND PUBLIC BENEFITS FOR ALIENS
 
 SUBCHAPTER II--ELIGIBILITY FOR STATE AND LOCAL PUBLIC BENEFITS PROGRAMS
 
Sec. 1625. Authorization for verification of eligibility for 
        State and local public benefits
        
    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.

(Pub. L. 104-193, title IV, Sec. 413, as added Pub. L. 105-33, title V, 
Sec. 5307(a), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 602.)


                             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.
