Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 96 Part 2.djvu/922

 96 STAT. 2284

PUBLIC LAW 97-436—JAN. 8, 1983

(C) any distribution under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). The determination of the Secretary regarding the eligibility for enrollment under this section of any individual shall be final. E.ll!!^^"''?^^^^ SEC. 4. (a) None of the funds distributed by the Secretary under income taxes. section 2 of this Act (or held in trust by the Secretary pursuant to paragraph (3)(B) of such section) shall be subject to Federal or State income taxes. (b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the availability or distribution of funds by the Secretary under section 2 of this Act may not be considered as income or resources or otherwise used as the basis for denying or reducing— (A) any financial assistance or other benefit to which any individual enrolled as a member under section 3 of this Act, or the household of any such individual, would otherwise be entitled or for which such individual or household is otherwise eligible under the Social Security Act, or ^) any other Federal financial assistance or other Federal benefit to which such individual or household is otherwise entitled or for which such individual or household is otherwise eligible. (2) The restriction contained in paragraph (1) of this subsection on the consideration or use of such funds for the purpose of reducing or denying any financial assistance or benefit described in subparagraph (B) of such paragraph shall not apply to that porticm of any per capita share distributed under section 2 of this Act which exceeds $2,000. Approved January 8, 1983.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 6243: HOUSE REPORT No. 97-936 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 128 (1982): Dec. 6, considered and passed House. Dec. 20, considered and passed Senate.

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