[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 576 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 576

     To provide that a portion of the income derived from trust or 
restricted land held by an individual Indian shall not be considered as 
 a resource or income in determining eligibility for assistance under 
               any Federal or federally assisted program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               March 11 (legislative day, March 3), 1993

   Mr. Daschle (for himself, Mr. Inouye, Mr. McCain, Mr. Simon, Mr. 
  Campbell, Mr. DeConcini, Mr. Boren, Mr. Wellstone, and Mr. Dorgan) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                      Committee on Indian Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
     To provide that a portion of the income derived from trust or 
restricted land held by an individual Indian shall not be considered as 
 a resource or income in determining eligibility for assistance under 
               any Federal or federally assisted program.

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

SECTION 1. EXEMPTION.

    Section 8 of the Act of October 19, 1973 (25 U.S.C. 1408) is 
amended by--
            (1) inserting immediately after ``lands'' a comma and the 
        following: ``and income including interest up to $4,000 per 
        annum derived therefrom,''; and
            (2) inserting immediately after ``resource'' the following: 
        ``or income''.

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