1000 Assets/Income Per
Public Law - (P.
L. is legal cite)
The following payments are exempt in determining assets and income
for all programs when distributed under the Public Law cited in this
Table. These payments are not exempt when commingled with nonexempt
funds (statement does not apply to the SNAP Program). Exempt
funds for the SNAP Program retain their exclusion for 6 months from the
date of commingling.
|
PAYMENT TYPE |
TRIBE/ENTITY |
PUBLIC LAW |
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All payments |
Agent Orange Settlement Fund |
P.L. 101-201 |
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Aleutian & Pribilof Islands Restitution Act |
P.L. 100-383 |
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Child Nutrition Act |
P.L. 89-642, P.L. 100-435 |
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Civil Liberties Act of 1988 |
P.L. 100-383 |
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Crime Act of 1984 (reimbursed expenses) |
P.L. 103-322 |
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Disaster Relief Act, including FEMA |
P.L. 93-288, P.L. 100-707 |
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Domestic Volunteer Services Act of 1973 (Title II) Retired
Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) Foster
Grandparents Program Senior
Companion Program |
P.L. 93-113 |
|
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Grand Coulee Dam Settlement Act |
P.L. 103-436 |
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Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act |
P.L. 99-425 |
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National & Community Service Trust Act |
P.L. 103-82 |
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National School Lunch Act (except provider payments) |
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Summer Food Service Program |
P.L.79-396, P.L. 94-105 |
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Commodity Distribution Program |
P.L.79-396, P.L. 94-105 |
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Adult Care Food Program |
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Old Age Assistance Claims Settlement Act
(under $2,000) |
P.L. 98-500 |
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Income only is exempt. See Section 806
for treatment as an asset. |
Older Americans Act, Title V (age 55+) American
Association of Retired Persons Experience
Works National
Assoc. for Spanish Speaking Elderly National
Council on Aging National
Council on Black Aging |
P.L. 100-175 |
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National
Council of Senior Citizens |
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Radiation Exposure Compensation Act |
P.L. 101-426 |
|
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Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund of 1998 |
P.L. 105-369 |
|
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Spina Bifida Payments to a child |
P.L. 104-204 |
|
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Susan Walker vs. Bayer Corp. Settlement |
Balanced Budget Act of 1997, HR 2015, Section 3424 |
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Uniform Relocation Assistance & Real Property |
P.L. 91-646 |
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Acquisition Policy Act (reimbursements) |
P.L. 91-646 |
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FS only: |
Veterans’ Benefits Improvement and Health-Care
Authorization Act of 1986 (pay deferred for future educational purposes) |
P.L. 99-576 |
|
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Victims of Nazi Persecution Payments |
P.L. 103-286 |
|
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Youthbuild Program payments to individuals < 19 |
P.L. 102-550 |
|
Educational payments |
Higher Education Act & BIA, Title IV |
P.L. 99-498 |
|
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Basic Education Opportunity Grants (BEOG) |
P.L. 100-50 |
|
(See Section 505 for |
Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act |
P.L. 98-524 |
|
FS) |
Federal Direct Student Loan Program (FDSLP) |
P.L. 102-325 |
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Federal Perkins Loan Program |
P.L. 101-392 |
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Fed. Supplemental Educ. |
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Federal Work Study Program |
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Presidential Access Scholarships |
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Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship |
P.L. 101-392 |
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State Student Incentives Grants (SSIG) |
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All tribal payments |
Any tribe |
P.L. 98-64, P.L. 93-134 |
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Payments to: |
P.L. 97-408 |
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Papago, |
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Blackfoot, |
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P.L. 97-408 |
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Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980 |
P.L. 96-420 |
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Houlton Band of Maliseet |
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Passamaquoddy Indian Tribe |
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Penobscot Nation |
P.L. 96-420 |
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Relocation Assistance to Navajo & Hopi Tribes |
P.L. 93-531 |
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Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewas, Arizona |
P.L. 97-403 |
|
All judgment funds/ Funds held in trust |
Any tribe
|
P.L. 93-143 P.L. 97-458 |
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P.L. 103-66 |
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Arapaho/Shoshone |
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Assiniboine Tribe, Ft. Belknap Indian Community/ |
P.L. 98-124 |
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Ft. Peck Reservation, Montana |
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Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians |
P.L. 98-123 |
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Funds held in trust |
Alaska Native Claims Funds |
P.L. 92-203, P.L. 100-241 |
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Burns Indian Colony, Oregon |
P.L. 92-488 |
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Pueblos of Zia and Jemez, Florida |
P.L. 84-926 |
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Seminole Indians, Florida |
P.L. 84-736 |
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Stockbridge Munsee Indian Community, Wisconsin |
P.L. 92-480 |
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Judgment funds |
Blackfoot |
P.L. 92-254 |
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Grosventre |
P.L. 92-254 |
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Indian Claims Commission of the Court of Claims |
P.L. 93-134, Section 7 |
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Yakima Indian Nation |
P.L. 95-433 |
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Apache Tribe of the Mescalero reservation |
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Per capita funds |
Any tribe |
P.L. 92-254 |
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Per capita payments are exempt only up to $2000 per
year or $2000 per payment per person depending on the source of the
payment. |
P.L. 93-134
P.L. 94-189 P.L. 64-540 |
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Payments/Funds held in trust |
Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians Leech Lake reservation, Minnesota |
P.L. 94-540 P.L. 99-377 |
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Payments/Funds held in trust cont. |
Miccosukee Tribe, Florida (under $2,000) Mille Lac Reservation, Minnesota Puyallup Tribe of Indians Settlement Act, Washington Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, Michigan Seminole Nation, Oklahoma (under $2,000) Seminole Tribe, Florida (under $2,000) Seneca Nation Settlement Act White Earth Reservation Land Settlement Act,
Minnesota |
P.L. 101-277 P.L. 99-377 P.L. 101-41 P.L. 99-346 P.L. 101-277 P.L. 101-277 P.L. 101-503 P.L. 99-264, P.L. 99-377 |
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Receipts distributed from trust lands
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Assiniboine and Sioux, Montana Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe Of Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin Blackfoot Tribe, Montana Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma |
P.L. 94-114, Section 6 and P.L. 99-146 |
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Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, South Dakota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, South Dakota Devil’s Lake Sioux Tribe, North Dakota Fond du Lac Reservation, Minnesota Ft. Belknap Indian Community,
Montana Ft. Peck Sioux Tribes, Montana Grand Portage Reservation, Minnesota Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan LacCourte Oreilles Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Wisconsin Lac du Flambeau Reservation, Wisconsin Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, North Dakota Navajo Tribe, New Mexico Nett Lake Reservation, Minnesota Oglala Sioux Tribe, South Dakota Red Cliff Reservation, Wisconsin Rosebud Sioux Tribe, South Dakota Shoshone-Bannock Tribe, Idaho Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin |
P.L. 94-114, Section 6 and P.L. 99-146 |
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Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, North Dakota St. Croix Reservation, Wisconsin White Earth Reservation, Minnesota |
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