P.L. 99–346, Approved June 30, 1986 (100 Stat. 674)

Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan Distribution of Judgment Funds Act

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TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS PAID OR DISTRIBUTED FROM THE INVESTMENT FUND

Sec. 6. [None Assigned] 

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(b)  Any payments or distributions described in subsection (a), and the availability of any amount for such payments or distributions, shall not be considered as income or resources or otherwise used as the basis for denying or reducing—

(1)  any financial assistance or other benefit under the Social Security Act—

(A)  to which any enrolled member of the tribe, or the household of any such member, is otherwise entitled, or

(B)  for which such member or household is otherwise eligible, or

(2)  any other—

(A)  Federal financial assistance,

(B)  Federal benefit, or

(C)  benefit under any program funded in whole or in part by the Federal Government,

to which such member or household is otherwise entitled or for which such member or household is otherwise eligible.

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[Internal References.—SSAct §§2(a), 1002(a), 1402(a), 1602(a)(State) 1612(b) and 1613(a) have footnotes referring to Appendix K (this Volume) which provides a list of Federal law provisions, including P.L. 99-346, §6(b), relating to income and resources.]