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 PUBLIC LAW 105-33 —AUG. 5, 1997 111 STAT. 641 between such battery or cruelty and the need for the benefits to be provided; and "(B) who meets the requirement of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1).". (d) INCLUSION OF ALIEN CHILD OF BATTERED PARENT UNDER SPECIAL RULE FOR ATTRIBUTION OF INCOME. — Section 421(f)(1)(A) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1631(f)(1)(A)) is amended— (1) at the end of clause (i) by striking "or"; and (2) by striking "and the battery or cruelty described in clause (i) or (ii)" and inserting "or (iii) the alien is a child whose parent (who resides in the same household as the alien child) has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty in the United States by that parent's spouse, or by a member of the spouse's family residing in the same household as the Earent and the spouse consented to, or acquiesced in, such attery or cruelty, and the battery or cruelty described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii)". SEC. 5572. VERIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS. (a) REGULATIONS AND GUIDANCE. — Section 432(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1642(a)) is amended— (1) by inserting at the end of paragraph (1) the following: "Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, the Attorney General of the United States, after consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall issue interim verification guidance."; and (2) by adding after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: "(3) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, the Attorney General shall promulgate regulations which set forth the procedures by which a State or local government can verify whether an alien applying for a State or local public benefit is a qualified alien, a nonimmigrant under the Immigration and Nationality Act, or an alien paroled into the United States under section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act for less than 1 year, for purposes of determining whether the alien is ineligible for benefits under section 411 of this Act.". (b) DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION FOR VERIFICATION. —Section 384(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of Public Law 104-208) is amended 8 USC 1367. by adding after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph: "(5) The Attorney General is authorized to disclose information, to Federal, State, and local public and private agencies providing benefits, to be used solely in making determinations of eligibility for benefits pursuant to section 431(c) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.". SEC. 5573. QUALIFYING QUARTERS: DISCLOSURE OF QUARTERS OF COVERAGE INFORMATION; CORRECTION TO ASSURE THAT CREDITING APPLIES TO ALL QUARTERS EARNED BY PARENTS BEFORE CHILD IS 18. (a) DISCLOSURE OF QUARTERS OF COVERAGE INFORMATION.— Section 435 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity

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