RON PACKARD. we were able to identify the problem and to quickly find a solution. It is the bipartisan nature of the Corrections Advisory Group that makes this targeted action possible. When the Congress enacted immigration reform last year. it spoke clearly: No Federal benefits would be paid to those who are illegally present in the United States. Unfortunately. an anomaly in the housing law allowed relocation benefits to be paid to an illegal alien to the tune of $12.000. My colleague. the gentleman from California. as I mentioned. brought this loophole to the Congress attention. and through the bipartisan Corrections Day process we are able to correct this glaring error. The bill clarifies that. if an individual is here illegally. that status must be taken into account when paying Federal benefits under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisitions Policy Act.
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