[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1838 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1838

 To provide that certain income derived from an agreement between the 
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians, the Grand Portage Band of Chippewa 
 Indians and the State of Minnesota shall not be considered income for 
              purposes of Federal assistance eligibility.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 1, 1999

 Mr. Wellstone 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 certain income derived from an agreement between the 
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians, the Grand Portage Band of Chippewa 
 Indians and the State of Minnesota shall not be considered income for 
              purposes of Federal assistance eligibility.

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

SECTION 1. INCOME EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL ASSISTANCE ELIGIBILITY 
              REQUIREMENTS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds paid 
by the State of Minnesota to the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians 
and the Grand Portage Band of Chippewa Indians pursuant to the 
agreement of such Bands' to voluntarily restrict tribal rights to hunt 
and fish in territory ceded under the Treaty of September 30, 1854 (10 
Stat. 1109), including all interest accrued on such funds during any 
period in which such funds are held in a minors' trust, shall not be 
considered as income or resources, or otherwise be used as the basis 
for denying or reducing the financial assistance or other benefits to 
which a household or member of such Bands would be entitled to under 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.), the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public 
Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2105) and the amendments made by such Act, or 
any Federal or Federally assisted program.
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