A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to exclude certain payments to Alaska Native elders for determining eligibility for certain programs, and for other purposes.

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2534 To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to exclude certain pay- ments to Alaska Native elders for determining eligibility for certain programs, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 Ms. MURKOWSKI introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to ex- clude certain payments to Alaska Native elders for deter- mining eligibility for certain programs, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS. 3 Section 39(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 4 Act (43 U.S.C. 1629e(c)) is amended by adding at the 5 end the following: 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:26 Sep 25, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2534.IS S2534 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 2534 IS ‘‘(9) In determining eligibility for a program or ben- 1 efit described in section 29(c), the following shall not be 2 considered: 3 ‘‘(A) An interest in a Settlement Trust. 4 ‘‘(B) An amount distributed or benefit provided 5 by a Settlement Trust to a Native or descendant of 6 a Native who is 65 years of age or older.’’. 7 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:26 Sep 25, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S2534.IS S2534 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS