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 PUBLIC LAW 99-603—NOV. 6, 1986 fv

100 STAT. 3401

graph (A) in the case of an absence from the United States due merely to a brief temporary trip abroad required by emergency or extenuating circumstances outside the control of the alien. "(D) USE OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTATION.—The Attorney

General shall require that— "(i) continuous residence and physical presence in the United States must be established through documents, together with independent corroboration of the information contained in such documents, and "(ii) the documents provided under clause (i) be employment-related if employment-related documents with respect to the alien are available to the applicant. "(3) INTERIM FINAL REGULATIONS.—Regulations prescribed under this section may be prescribed to take effect on an interim final basis if the Attorney General determines that this is necessary in order to implement this section in a timely manner. "(h) TEMPORARY DISQUALIFICATION OF NEWLY LEGALIZED ALIENS FROM RECEIVING CERTAIN PUBLIC WELFARE ASSISTANCE.—

"(1) IN GENERAL.—During the five-year period beginning on the date an alien was granted lawful temporary resident status under subsection (a), and notwithstanding any other provision of law— "(A) except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), the ?'* alien is not eligible for— 4 "(i) any program of financial assistance furnished under Federal law (whether through grant, loan, guarantee, or otherwise) on the basis of financial need, as such programs are identified by the Attorney General in consultation with other appropriate heads of the i« f various departments and agencies of Government (but in any event including the program of aid to families with dependent children under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act), 42 USC 601. "(ii) medical assistance under a State plan approved under title XIX of the Social Security Act, and 42 USC 1396. "(iii) assistance under the Food Stamp Act of 1977; 7 USC 2026. and "(B) a State or political subdivision therein may, to the extent consistent with subparagraph (A) and paragraphs (2) i•. ' and (3), provide that the alien is not eligible for the programs of financial assistance or for medical assistance described in subparagraph (A)(ii) furnished under the law of J*;'..,.L '. that State or political subdivision. '. Unless otherwise specifically provided by this section or other • -""* ^ law, an alien in temporary lawful residence status granted under subsection (a) shall not be considered (for purposes of any law of a State or political subdivision providing for a program of financial assistance) to be permanently residing in the United, ' ' States under color of law. "(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply— om "(A) to a Cuban and Haitian entrant (as defined in paragraph (1) or (2)(A) of section 501(e) of Public Law 96-422, as 8 USC 1255 note, in effect on April 1, 1983), or • "(B) in the case of assistance (other than aid to families "twith dependent children) which is furnished to an alien ^ » ^

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