Sec. 11. Supplemental security income benefits

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Section 402(a)(2) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 ( 8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2) ) is amended— by amending subparagraph

(A)to read as follows: With respect to the specified Federal programs described in paragraph (3), paragraph

(1)shall not apply to— an alien admitted to the United States as a refugee under section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1157 ); an alien granted asylum under section 208 of such Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1158 ); an alien whose deportation is withheld under section 243(h) of such Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1253 ) (as in effect immediately before the effective date of section 307 of division C of Public Law 104–208 ) or section 241(b)(3) of such Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(3) ) (as amended by section 305(a) of division C of Public Law 104–208 ); an alien who is granted status as a Cuban and Haitian entrant (as defined in section 501(e) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980); an alien admitted as a special immigrant from Iraq or Afghanistan pursuant to section 1244 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008; or an alien who is admitted to the United States as an Amerasian immigrant pursuant to section 584 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1988 (as contained in section 101(e) of Public Law 100–202 and amended by the 9th proviso under migration and refugee assistance in title II of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1989, Public Law 100–461 , as amended). ; and by adding at the end the following: Beginning on the date of the enactment of this subparagraph, any qualified alien (as defined in section 431(b)), victim of trafficking in persons (as defined in section 107(b)(1)(C) of division A of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(1)(C) )), or alien granted status under section 101(a)(15)(T)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(T)(ii) ) rendered ineligible for the specified Federal program described in paragraph (3)(A) solely by reason of the termination of the 7-year period described in subparagraph

(A)prior to the enactment of this subparagraph shall be eligible for benefits under such program without regard to subparagraph (A). .

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