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Ill STAT. 612 PUBLIC LAW 105-33—AUG. 5, 1997 "(ii) the cash needs standard established by the State for purposes of determining eligibility for assistance under the State program funded under this part for a family of the same size and composition as the sponsor and any other individuals living in the same household as the sponsor who are claimed by the sponsor as dependents for purposes of determining the sponsor's Federal personal income tax liability but whose needs are not taken into account in determining whether the sponsor's family has met the cash needs standard; "(iii) any amounts paid by the sponsor or any such spouse to individuals not living in the household who are claimed by the sponsor as dependents for purposes of determining the sponsor's Federal personal income tax liability; and "(iv) any payments of alimony or child support with respect to individuals not living in the household. "(B) RESOURCE DEEMING RULE. —The resources of a sponsor of the alien and of any spouse of the sponsor are deemed to be resources of the alien to the extent that the aggregate value of the resources exceeds $1,500. "(C) SPONSORS OF MULTIPLE NON-2I3A ALIENS. —If a person is a sponsor of 2 or more non-2 ISA aliens who are living in the same home, the income and resources of the sponsor and any spouse of the sponsor that would be deemed income and resources of any such sdien under subparagraph (A) shall be divided into a number of equal shares equal to the number of such aliens, and the State shall deem the income and resources of each such alien to include 1 such share. "(2) INELIGIBILITY OF NON-2 I3A ALIENS SPONSORED BY AGEN- CIES; EXCEPTION.—A non-2 ISA alien whose sponsor is or was a public or private agency shall be ineligible for assistance under a State program funded under this part, during a period of S years after the alien enters the United States, unless the State agency administering the program determines that the sponsor either no longer exists or has become unable to meet the alien's needs. "(S) INFORMATION PROVISIONS.— "(A) DUTIES OF NON-213A ALIENS. —A non-2 ISA alien, as a condition of eligibility for assistance under a State program funded under this part during the period of 3 years after the alien enters the United States, shall be required to provide to the State agency administering the program— "(i) such information and documentation with respect to the alien's sponsor as may be necessary in order for the State agency to make any determination required under this subsection, and to obtain any cooperation from the sponsor necessary for any such determination; and "(ii) such information and documentation as the State agency may request and which the alien or the alien's sponsor provided in support of the alien's immigration application.