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119-s-2616119th CongressWALLET

A bill to amend the Act of October 19, 1973, to increase the maximum dollar amount of per capita shares for purposes of eligibility for financial assistance or other benefits under Federal or federally assisted programs, and for other purposes.

Sponsored By: Senator Smith, Tina [D-MN]

Introduced

Summary

Raises the per capita exemption from $2,000 to $5,000. This bill would amend the Act of October 19, 1973 (25 U.S.C. 1407) to increase the per capita resource exemption used to determine eligibility for federal or federally assisted financial assistance and other benefits, which would let more recipients of per capita shares qualify. It also makes two minor textual corrections in the statute to fix punctuation and a wording error.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

More benefit access for per-capita payments

If enacted, per-capita shares up to $5,000 would be excluded when checking eligibility for Federal or federally assisted benefits. That is an increase from the current $2,000 amount. This would make it easier for people who receive per-capita payments to qualify for programs like Medicaid or SNAP. The bill also fixes two minor wording errors in the statute. No effective date or new funding is specified.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Smith, Tina [D-MN]

MN • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]

    MN • D

    Sponsored 7/31/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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