Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act

Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act

This bill 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).

[119th Congress Public Law 22]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



[[Page 139 STAT. 402]]

Public Law 119-22
119th Congress

                                 An Act


 
  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. <<NOTE: July 7, 2025 -  [H.R. 42]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Alaska Native 
Settlement Trust Eligibility Act.>> 
SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 43 USC 1601 note.>> SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Alaska Native Settlement Trust 
Eligibility Act''.
SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS.

    Section 29(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1626(c)) is amended, in the undesignated matter following paragraph (3), 
by striking subparagraph (E) and inserting the following:
            ``(E) <<NOTE: Time period. Effective date.>> an interest in 
        a Settlement Trust and, for the 5-year period beginning on the 
        date of the enactment of the Alaska Native Settlement Trust 
        Eligibility Act, an amount distributed from or benefit provided 
        by a Settlement Trust to a Native or descendant of a Native who 
        is an aged, blind, or disabled individual (as defined in section 
        1614(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382c(a))).''.

    Approved July 7, 2025.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 42:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 171 (2025):
            Feb. 4, considered and passed House.
            June 18, considered and passed Senate.

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