S 623 — A bill 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.

changes in existing law made by 
the bill S. 623, as ordered reported, are shown as follows 
(existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black 
brackets, new matter is printed in italic, existing law in 
which no change is proposed is shown in roman):

 Public Law 92-203

 AN ACT To provide for the settlement of certain land claims of Alaska 
 Natives, and for other purposes

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, this Act 
may be cited as the ``Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act''.

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 RELATION TO OTHER PROGRAMS

 SEC. 29. (a) The payments and grants authorized under this 
chapter constitute compensation for the extinguishment of 
claims to land, and shall not be deemed to substitute for any 
governmental programs otherwise available to the Native people 
of Alaska as citizens of the United States and the State of 
Alaska.
 (b) Notwithstanding section 5(a) and any other provision of 
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (78 Stat. 703), as amended, 
in determining the eligibility of any household to participate 
in the supplemental nutrition assistance program, any 
compensation, remuneration, revenue, or other benefit received 
by any member of such household under this chapter shall be 
disregarded.
 (c) In determining the eligibility of a household, an 
individual Native, or a descendant of a Native (as defined 
insection 1602(r) of this title) to--
 (1) participate in the supplemental nutrition 
 assistance program,
 (2) receive aid, assistance, or benefits, based on 
 need, under the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 301 et 
 seq.], or
 (3) receive financial assistance or benefits, based 
 on need, under any other Federal program or federally-
 assisted program, none of the following, received from 
 a Native Corporation, shall be considered or taken into 
 account as an asset or resource:
 (A) cash (including cash dividends on stock 
 received from a Native Corporation and on bonds 
 received from a Native Corporation) to the 
 extent that it does not, in the aggregate, 
 exceed $2,000 per individual per annum;
 (B) stock (including stock issued or 
 distributed by a Native Corporation as a 
 dividend or distribution on stock) or bonds 
 issued by a Native Corporation which bonds 
 shall be subject to the protection of section 
 1606(h) of this title until voluntarily and 
 expressly sold or pledged by the shareholder 
 subsequent to the date of distribution;
 (C) a partnership interest;
 (D) land or an interest in land (including 
 land or an interest in land received from a 
 Native Corporation as a dividend or 
 distribution on stock); and
 [(E) an interest in a settlement trust.] (E) 
 an interest in a Settlement Trust or 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)).
 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Alaska 
Natives shall remain eligible for all Federal Indian programs 
on the same basis as other Native Americans.

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