A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to exclude certain payments to Alaska Native elders for determining eligibility for certain programs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-2533
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2019-09-24
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Aging

Alaska Natives and Hawaiians

Federal-Indian relations

Indian claims

Poverty and welfare assistance
Latest action: action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-380.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-09-24
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill excludes certain settlement trust payments to an Alaska Native or descendant of an Alaska Native who is 65 years of age or&nbsp;older for purposes of determining the individual's eligibility for need-based federal programs (e.g., the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2533 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 24, 2019 Ms. Murkowski introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to exclude certain payments to Alaska Native elders for determining eligibility for certain programs, and for other purposes.

1. Eligibility for certain programs Section 29(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1626(c) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (D) following the undesignated following paragraph (3), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (E) following the undesignated following paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (F) an amount distributed or benefit provided by a Settlement Trust to a Native or descendant of a Native who is 65 years of age or older. .