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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 4000 3B4400 Excluded Resources 16B4450 Resources Excluded by Law

• Payments to the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan (P.L. 99-346, Section 6(b) (2)); • Per capita payments to the Chippewas of Mississippi (P.L. 99-377, Section4(b), 8/8/86); • Payments to heirs of deceased Indians under the Old Age Assistance Claims Settlement Act except for per capita shares in excess of $2,000 (P.L.98-500, Section 8, 10/17/84); • Payments to the Puyallup Tribe of the State of Washington (P.L. 101-41, 6-21- 89); and • Payments under the White Earth Reservation Land Settlement Act of 1985to the White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians in Minnesota (P.L. 99-264) • Payments under the Seneca Nation Settlement Act of 1990 to members of the Seneca Nation (P.L. 101-503). • Funds appropriated in satisfaction of judgments awarded to the Seminole Indians in dockets 73, 151, and 73-A of the Indian Claims Commission (P.L.101- 277) • Funds distributed or held in trust for members of the Chippewas of Lake Superior (P.L. 99-146). • Assistance paid under P.L. 95-608, the Indian Child Welfare Act of1978. • Payments to the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation under the Grand Coulee Dam Settlement Act (P.L. 103-436). • Funds appropriated in satisfaction of judgments awarded to the Seminole Indians by the Indian Claims commission (P.L. 101-277) • Distributions under the Michigan Indian Claims Settlement Act, Section 111, to the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan (P.L. 105-143) 5. Per capita payments of two thousand dollars ($2,000) and less made under Public Law 98-64 to Native Americans from judgment awards and funds held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior and purchases made with certain per capita payments to specific tribes or bands of Indians. This exclusion applies on a per-person and not a per-household basis. It applies individually to each payment regardless of how frequently the payments are made and regardless of the number of months for which the payment is made. When such payments are deposited in a bank or financial institution, the funds remain excluded. The length of the exclusion period will be determined by the type of funds in the account. See SNAP 4960.