LIFT the BAR Act

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Introduced 2026-06-24Topic: immigration · social services · health care

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This bill would repeal federal rules from 1996 and 2025 that limit which noncitizens can get public benefits such as SNAP food aid, Medicaid, CHIP, and Medicare. It would let noncitizens who are lawfully present in the United States, including DACA recipients and certain other groups, qualify for these programs. It would bar states from denying child nutrition programs based on citizenship or immigration status, and would restore premium tax credits for certain lawfully present noncitizens. It would also replace the word "alien" with "noncitizen" in the 1996 law and require federal agencies to issue guidance within 180 days.

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Action history

Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2026-06-30	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.	refer
2026-06-24	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-06-24	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-06-24	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-06-24	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-06-24	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-06-24	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-06-24		Introduced in House	introduce
2026-06-24		Introduced in House	introduce

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