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Official title: To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to exclude certain payments to aged, blind, or disabled Alaska Natives or descendants of Alaska Natives from being used to determine eligibility for certain programs, and for other purposes.
This act excludes certain settlement trust payments to an Alaska Native or descendant of an Alaska Native who is aged, blind, or disabled for purposes of determining the individual's eligibility for certain need-based federal programs (e.g., the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program).
Library of CongressPassed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
SenatePassed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S3458)
Floor Vote
SenateReceived in the Senate, read twice.
House floor actionsMr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Library of CongressIntroduced in House
House floor actionsReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced
Committee
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What Congress Said
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Republicans2 spoke
Again, this legislation would ensure that amounts distributed or benefits provided from Alaska Native corporation settlement trusts to Alaska Natives who are blind, disabled, or elders aged 65 and older, or their descendants, are excluded when determining eligibility for means-tested Federal benefits.
These are critical services that support the livelihoods of some of the most vulnerable Alaska Natives. Over the years, the failure to address this issue has often forced Alaska Natives to choose between receiving the settlement trust fund benefits they are entitled to or qualifying for need-based Federal benefits.
As if in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be discharged from further consideration of the following bills en bloc: S. 154; S. 282; S. 356; S. 1112; and H.R. 2215; further, that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of the following bills en bloc: S. 154; S. 282; S. 356; S. 1112;…
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