,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #gib  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #ad1 #bjbc   
,ms4 ,hirono 7for herself1 ,mr4         
,boozman1 and ,mr4 ,schatz7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the      
,personal ,responsibility and ,work     
,opportunity ,act of #aiif to provide   
certain ,federal public benefits to     
citizens of the ,federated ,states of   
,micronesia1 the ,republic of the       
,marshall ,islands1 and the ,republic of
 ,palau who are lawfully residing in the
 ,united ,states if they are otherwise  
qualified1 consistent with section #ada 
of the ,compacts of ,free ,association4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,compact ,impact ,fairness ,act 
of #bjbc4  #b4 ,provision of ,federal   
public benefit eligibility for citizens 
of ,freely ,associated ,states  7a7 ,in 
general ,section #djb of the ,personal  
,responsibility and ,work ,opportunity  

,reconciliation ,act of #aiif 7#h       
,u4,s4,c4 #afab7 is amended--  7#a7 in  
subsection 7a77#b71 by adding at the end
 the following3  7,n7 ,exception for    
citizens of freely associated states    
,with respect to eligibility for        
benefits for any specified ,federal     
program1 paragraph 7#a7 shall not apply 
to any individual who lawfully resides  
in the ,united ,states in accordance    
with section #ada of the ,compacts of   
,free ,association between the          
,government of the ,united ,states and  
the ,governments of the ,federated      
,states of ,micronesia1 the ,republic of
 the ,marshall ,islands1 and the        
,republic of ,palau1 and who is a       
citizen of one of those three nations4  
2 and  7#b7 in subsection 7b77#b77;,g7--
 7,a7 in the subparagraph heading1 by   
striking ,medicaid exception for and    
inserting ,exception for2 and  7,b7 by  
striking the designated ,federal program
 defined in paragraph 7#c77;,c7         
7relating to the ,medicaid program7 and 

inserting any designated ,federal       
program4  7b7 ,exception to #e-,year    
wait requirement ,section #djc7;b77#c7  
of such ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4              
#afac7;b77#c77 is amended by striking 1 
but only with respect to the designated 
,federal program defined in section     
#djb7;b77#c77;,c74  7c7 ,definition of  
qualified alien ,section #dca7;b77#h7 of
 such ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #afda7;b77#h77 
is amended by striking 1 but only with  
respect to the designated ,federal      
program defined in section              
#djb7;b77#c77;,c7 7relating to the      
,medicaid program74