OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY ISSUES NOTICE: PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK OPPORTUNITY RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1996 (PRWORA); INTERPRETATION OF "FEDERAL PUBLIC BENEFIT"

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Office of the Secretary has issued a notice called: Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA); Interpretation of "Federal Public Benefit".

The notice was published in the Federal Register on July 14 by Robert F. Kennedy, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.

Summary: This notice sets forth the interpretation that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) uses for the term "Federal public benefit" as used in Title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), Public Law 104-193, 8 U.S.C. 1611. In doing so, this notice revises the interpretation of the term set forth in a prior notice, 63 FR 41658 (Aug. 4, 1...