# 119-hr-42: Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act

119-hr-42, Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Begich, Nicholas J. [R-AK-At Large] (R-AK); status became_law; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-15).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-42
- As of: 2026-07-15
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-42
- Congress: 119
- Title: Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act
- Status: became_law
- Introduced: 2025-01-03
- Sponsor: Rep. Begich, Nicholas J. [R-AK-At Large] (R-AK)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Native Americans
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-15

## Summary

**This law excludes interests in Alaska Native Settlement Trusts and certain trust distributions from federal program eligibility tests.** It also says distributions to Alaska Natives or their descendants who are aged, blind, or disabled under the Social Security Act are excluded for a five-year period after enactment. - Alaska Native elders, people who are blind or disabled, and their descendants: Trust payouts they receive will not be counted when determining eligibility for covered federal programs for five years. - Holders of Settlement Trust interests: Owning an interest in a Settlement Trust will not be used in eligibility calculations for those programs. - Benefit administrators: Federal and state agencies must exclude these trust interests and the designated five-year distributions when deciding who qualifies for the applicable programs.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Alaska Native trust assets ignored for benefits: benefit, medium. The law changes how agencies check eligibility for programs tied to ANCSA Section 29(c). An interest in an Alaska Native Settlement Trust does not count against eligibility. For five years from the law’s enactment, money or benefits from a Settlement Trust also do not count if paid to a Native or d…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-42 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/42)

## Related
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- [119-hr-3633: Digital Asset Market Clarity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3633)
- [119-hr-471: Fix Our Forests Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-471)
- [119-hr-7613: ALERT Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7613)
- [119-hr-4075: Fire Weather Development Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4075)
- [119-hr-5351: NSF AI Education Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5351)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-42 (as of 2026-07-15).