[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5652]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6096. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1077. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN PAYMENTS TO ALASKA NATIVES OR 
                   DESCENDANTS OF ALASKA NATIVES FOR PURPOSES OF 
                   DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS.

       Section 29(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
     (43 U.S.C. 1626(c)) is amended, in the undesignated matter 
     following paragraph (3), by striking subparagraph (E) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(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)).''.
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