---
kind: "unit"
title: "8"
title_heading: "Aliens and Nationality"
key: "ch14"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 14"
heading: "Restricting Welfare and Public Benefits for Aliens"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/8/ch14"
sections_count: 19
---

# Chapter 14 — Restricting Welfare and Public Benefits for Aliens

Title 8 — Aliens and Nationality

## Sections

- [§1601. Statements of national policy concerning welfare and immigration](/usc/8/1601.md)

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — Eligibility for Federal Benefits](/usc/8/ch14-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Eligibility for State and Local Public Benefits Programs](/usc/8/ch14-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Attribution of Income and Affidavits of Support](/usc/8/ch14-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — General Provisions](/usc/8/ch14-schIV.md)