§1408 — Title 25 Indians | U.S. Code

Summary

Do not count the ownership rights individual Indians have in trust or restricted land as a resource when deciding eligibility for federal aid. Also, up to $2,000 per year of money an individual Indian gets from those land interests must not be counted as income for programs under the Social Security Act or any other federal or federally assisted program.

Title 25, §1408

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Interests of individual Indians in trust or restricted lands shall not be considered a resource, and up to $2,000 per year of income received by individual Indians that is derived from such interests shall not be considered income, in determining eligibility for assistance under the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.] or any other Federal or federally assisted program.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Social Security Act, referred to in text, is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620, which is classified generally to chapter 7 (§ 301 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of Title 42 and Tables.

Amendments

1993—Pub. L. 103–66 inserted “, and up to $2,000 per year of income received by individual Indians that is derived from such interests shall not be considered income,” after “resource”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1993 Amendment Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13736(b), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 663, provided that: “The amendment made by this section [amending this section] shall take effect on January 1, 1994.”

§1408 Resources exemption