Files
republic-os/legal/us/code/title-08/chapter-14/section-1625.md
T
Fabio 00a184bb3c Legal corpus: U.S. Code titles 1–11 from pinned OLRC XML (11,050 sections)
Raw OLRC USLM XML zips @ release 119-100 (retrieved 2026-07-04 via
Atlas depot), ingested with the standard pipeline: raw snapshot ->
per-section OKF markdown -> manifest + checksums. Title 52 untouched.
LegalText: 171 -> 11,221. Titles 12-54 await a clean OLRC retry.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-06 09:52:37 -04:00

42 lines
1.8 KiB
Markdown
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "LegalText"
title: "8 U.S.C. § 1625"
description: "Authorization for verification of eligibility for State and local public benefits"
jurisdiction: "us"
corpus: "united_states_code"
kind: "code_section"
title_number: 8
title_name: "ALIENS AND NATIONALITY"
chapter_number: "14"
chapter_name: "RESTRICTING WELFARE AND PUBLIC BENEFITS FOR ALIENS"
section: "1625"
citation: "8 U.S.C. § 1625"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
source: "official"
source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc08@119-100.zip"
source_identifier: "/us/usc/t8/s1625"
source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-08/usc08.xml"
source_hash: "ca6e72367ba08fed7b0f6659787b739c7f2e6175dcdada9a932a1dc7ca50a655"
raw_snapshot_hash: "18cbd9dd4172ad0473c6dc52e038b813f80124d17167f025c00b9dfa60060a0c"
text_hash: "6c176c07e95dee9b97e89569cc3eb7bb2d0620dd3fa9dc62b21a57cebbf69a49"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
confidence: "official"
tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
---
# 8 U.S.C. § 1625 - Authorization for verification of eligibility for State and local public benefits
## Text
A State or political subdivision of a State is authorized to require an applicant for State and local public benefits (as defined in section 1621(c) of this title) to provide proof of eligibility.
(Pub. L. 104193, title IV, § 413, as added Pub. L. 10533, title V, § 5307(a), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 602.)
## Notes
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective DateSection effective, except as otherwise provided, as if included in the enactment of title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104193, see section 5308 of Pub. L. 10533, set out as an Effective Date of 1997 Amendment note under section 1612 of this title.