PUBLIC LAW 105-33—AUG. 5, 1997 111 STAT. 639 "and who fulfills the minimum active-duty service requirements of section 5303A(d) of title 38, United States Code" after ^'alienage". (b) EXCEPTION APPLICABLE TO UNREMARRIED SURVIVING SPOUSE. — Sections 402(a)(2)(C)(iii), 402(b)(2)(C)(iii), 403(b)(2)(C), and 412(b)(3)(C) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)(C)(iii), 1612(b)(2)(C)(iii), 1613(b)(2)(C), and 1622(b)(3)(C)) are each amended by inserting before the period "or the unremarried surviving spouse of an individual described in clause (i) or (ii) who is deceased ii the marriage fulfills the requirements of section 1304 of title 38, United States Code". (c) EXPANDED DEFINITION OF VETERAN.— Sections 402(a)(2)(C)(i), 402(b)(2)(C)(i), 403(b)(2)(A), and 412(b)(3)(A) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)(C)(i), 1612(b)(2)(C)(i), 1613(b)(2)(A), and 1622(b)(3)(A)) are each amended by inserting ", 1101, or 1301, or as described in section 107" after "section 101". SEC. 5564. NOTIFICATION CONCERNING ALIENS NOT LAWFULLY PRESENT: CORRECTION OF TERMINOLOGY. Section 1631(e)(9) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1383(e)(9)) and section 27 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as added by section 404 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, are each amended 42 USC I437y. by striking "unlawfully in the United States" each place it appears and inserting "not lawfully present in the United States". SEC. 5565. FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES: CONTRACTS AND LICENSES. Sections 401(c)(2)(A) and 411(c)(2)(A) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1611(c)(2)(A) and 1621(c)(2)(A)) are each amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end ", or to a citizen of a freely associated state, if section 141 of the applicable compact of free association approved in Public Law 99-239 or 99-658 (or a successor provision) is in effect". SEC. 5566. CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENT REGARDING BENEFITS FOR HMONG AND OTHER mCHLAND LAO VETERANS. (a) FINDINGS. —The Congress makes the following findings: (1) Hmong and other Highland Lao tribal peoples were recruited, armed, trained, and funded for military operations by the United States Department of Defense, Central Intelligence Agency, Department of State, and Agency for International Development to further United States national security interests during the Vietnam conflict. (2) Hmong and other Highland Lao tribal forces sacrificed their own lives and saved the lives of American military personnel by rescuing downed American pilots and aircrews and by . engaging and successfully fighting North Vietnamese troops. (3) Thousands of Hmong and other Highland Lao veterans who fought in special guerilla units on behalf of the United States during the Vietnam conflict, along with their families, have been lawfully admitted to the United States in recent years. (4) The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104—193), the new national welfare reform law, restricts certain welfare laenefits for noncitizens of the United States and the exceptions for noncitizen
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