Bill > HR8911

This bill, the Compact Impact Fairness Act of 2020, amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide public benefits to citizens of the freely associated states (FAS), which are Micronesia, Marshall Islands, and Palau. Specifically, it adds citizens of FAS as a category eligible for federal public benefits, and establishes a "special rule" exempting FAS citizens from any residency requirements related to benefit eligibility. This bill aims to address the impact on FAS communities from allowing their citizens to freely migrate to the U.S. under compacts of free association agreements.