Grand Portage Band Per Capita Adjustment Act

Bill: 113-s-2249
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2014-04-10
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations

Hunting and fishing

Income tax exclusion

Indian claims

Indian lands and resources rights

Indian social and development programs

Minnesota

Poverty and welfare assistance

Social security and elderly assistance

State and local taxation
Latest action: action_date: 2014-04-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-04-10
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Grand Portage Band Per Capita Adjustment Act - Amends the Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act to exclude funds paid by Minnesota to members of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, pursuant to the agreements of such Band to voluntarily restrict tribal rights to hunt and fish in territory ceded under the Treaty of September 30, 1854, from: (1) federal or state income taxes; or (2) use in denying or reducing a member's benefits under the Social Security Act or, except for payments in excess of $2,000, a federal or federally-assisted program.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2249 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 10, 2014 Mr. Franken (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend the Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act to extend a certain income tax exemption to the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Grand Portage Band Per Capita Adjustment Act . 2. Equal treatment of certain per capita income for purposes of Federal assistance Section 7(4) of the Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1407(4) ) is amended by striking pursuant to the agreements of such Band to voluntarily restrict tribal rights to hunt and fish in territory cede and inserting or the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, or both, pursuant to the agreements of each band to voluntarily restrict tribal rights to hunt and fish in territory ceded .