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12 2 STA T .398 1 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 3 5 1 —O CT. 7, 2008 LEGIS L AT I V E H IST ORY— H . R. 6893:C O N GRESSIONAL RECOR D, V ol . 154(20 08 )

S ept .1 7 , c o nsid e r ed a nd passed Ho u se. Sept. 22, considered and passed Senate. SEC.503 . NOF E D E RAL F U ND I N GT O UNLA W FULL YP RESENT INDI V ID - UALS. Nothing in thi sAc tsh al l be const ru e d to alter p rohibitions on F ederal pa ym ents to indi v iduals w ho are unlaw f ully present in the U nited S tates .TI T LEV I — E F FE C TIVE DA TE SEC. 6 0 1 . EFFECTIVE DATE. ( a )INGE NE RAL . —Ex cept as otherwise provided in this Act , each amendment made by this Act to part B orEoftitleI V of the Social Security Act shall ta k e effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply to payments under the part amended for q uarters beginning on or after the effective date of the amendment. (b) D ELA YP ER MIT TE D I F STATE L E G I S LATI O N R E QU IRED.—In the case of a State plan approved under part B or E of title IV of the Social Security Act which the Secretary of H ealth and Human Services determines requires State legislation (other than legislation appropriating funds) in order for the plan to meet the additional requirements imposed by this Act, the State plan shall not be regarded as failing to comply with the requirements of such part solely on the basis of the failure of the plan to meet such additional requirements before the 1 st day of the 1st calendar quarter beginning after the close of the 1st regular session of the State legislature that ends after the 1 - year period beginning with the date of the enactment of this Act. For purposes of the preceding sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2 -year legisla- tive session, each year of the session is deemed to be a separate regular session of the State legislature. Approved O ctober 7 ,2 0 0 8 . 42USC671note. 42 USC 671 note.