[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 42 Received in Senate (RDS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 42


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 5, 2025

                                Received

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. 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) 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))).''.

            Passed the House of Representatives February 4, 2025.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.