---
kind: "unit"
title: "8"
title_heading: "Aliens and Nationality"
key: "ch14/schIV"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter IV"
heading: "General Provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/8/ch14-schIV"
sections_count: 6
---

# Subchapter IV — General Provisions

Title 8 — Aliens and Nationality › Chapter 14 — Restricting Welfare and Public Benefits for Aliens

## Sections

- [§1641. Definitions](/usc/8/1641.md)
- [§1642. Verification of eligibility for Federal public benefits](/usc/8/1642.md)
- [§1643. Statutory construction](/usc/8/1643.md)
- [§1644. Communication between State and local government agencies and Immigration and Naturalization Service](/usc/8/1644.md)
- [§1645. Qualifying quarters](/usc/8/1645.md)
- [§1646. Derivative eligibility for benefits](/usc/8/1646.md)