President. this amendment was originally contained in S. 1070. which I introduced on May 3. 1979. and is being introduced as an amendment to H.R. 3236. an act designed to remove certain work disincentives for the disabled from the Supplemental Security Income program (SSI). Another portion of S. 1070 has already been added as an amendment to H.R. 3236. Over 2 years ago. it came to my attention that a loophole in this Nations immigration and social security laws was costing the American taxpayer many millions of dollars annually in SSI benefits to newly arrived aliens. In a letter dated April 20. 1977. I requested that the General Accounting Office conduct a study of the SSI program to determine how many newly arrived legal aliens (those in the United States for 5 years or less) were receiving SSI benefits and how much these benefits were costing the American taxpayer.
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