PUBLIC LAW 100-242—FEB. 5, 1988
101 STAT. 1863
Law 99-603)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 42 USC 1436a. subsection: "(f)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no agency or State and local official of a State or local government shall have any liability for the governments. design or implementation of the Federal verification system described in subsection (d) if the implementation by the State or local agency or official is in accordance with Federal rules and regulations. "(2) The verification system of the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall not supersede or affect any consent agreement entered into or court decree or court order entered prior to the date of the enactment of the Housing and (Community Development Act of 1987.". (f) REIMBURSEMENT FOR COSTS OF IMPLEMENTATION.—
(1) Section 214 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 (as amended by subsection (e) of this section) is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(g) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is au- Immigration. thorized to pay to each public housing agency or other entity an amount equal to 100 percent of thQ costs incurred by the public housing agency or other entity in implementing and operating an immigration status verification system under subsection (d) (or under any alternative system for verifying immigration status with the Immigration and Naturalization Service authorized in the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-603)).". (2) The United States Housing Act of 1937 (as amended by section 1210t))(6) of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-603)) is amended by striking section 20. 42 USC 1437r. (g)
TRANSITIONAL CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION PROVI-
42 USC 1436a note.
SIONS.—In carrying out section 214 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 during fiscal year 1988, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall require, as a condition of providing financial assistance for the benefit of any individual, that such individual— (1) declare in writing, under penalty of perjury, whether or not such individual is a citizen or national of the United States; and (2) if not a citizen or national— . j^ (A) declare in writing, under penalty of perjury, the ..^'",. immigration status of such individual, if such individual is " ' " not less than 62 years of age "and is receiving financial assistance on the date of the enactment of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987"; or (B) provide such documentation regarding the immigra- Immigration. tion status of such individual as the Secretary may require by regulation, (h) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) The provisions of, and amendments made by, subsections (a), (b), (e), (f), and (g) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) The amendments made by subsections (c) and (d) shall take effect on October 1, 1988.
42 USC 1436a note.
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