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reflect the needs of the person receiving the money.
NATIVE AMERICAN PAYMENTS 4.30 ALL Exclude payments made to Native Americans under the following laws: P.L. 92-203: Tax exempt portions of payments under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. P.L. 92-254: Judgment funds to members of the Blackfeet Tribe of Blackfeet Reservation, Montana and Gros Ventre Tribe of the Fort Belknap Reservation, Montana P.L. 93-134: Funds distributed to members of Indian tribes and the purchases made with such funds. P.L. 93-531: Relocation assistance payments to members of the Hopi and Navajo Tribes P.L. 94-114: Receipts distributed to members of certain Indian tribes. P.L. 96-420: Payments to the Passamaqaoddy Tribe and the Penobscot Nation. P.L. 94-433: Payments received by the confederated tribes and Bands of Yakima Indian Nation Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation. P.L. 95-531: Relocation payments to the Navajo and Hopi Tribes. P.L. 94-189: Payments received under the Sac and Fox Indian agreements. P.L. 94-540: Judgment funds to the Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians. 23 U.S.C.A. 460d - 460d-31: Financial assistance to Navajo and Hopi Indians. NUTRITION PAYMENTS 4.31
PURSUIT OF POTENTIAL INCOME 4.32 ALL Individuals or groups applying for or receiving Medical Assistance, TANF, Food Stamps, or GC cannot be required to apply for or pursue other benefits or income sources (except with respect to child support-related requirements in the TANF and Medicaid programs). IMA staff should strongly encourage customers who appear potentially eligible for other benefits such as SSI, unemployment compensation, or Social Security retirement/disability benefits to apply for these benefits. IMA must not, however, require groups to apply for these benefits as a condition of eligibility for benefits. RADIATION EXPOSURE 4.33 ALL Exclude payments made under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act of 1990, P.L. 101-425, as compensation for exposure to radiation. RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD BENEFITS 4.34 ALL Count as unearned income the gross benefit amount before any deductions. The amount of the check may be less than the gross amount due to a Medicare deduction. Exclude benefits issued through the following programs:
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Title VII Nutrition Program for the Elderly of the Older Americans Act of 1965 Child Nutrition Act of 1965 National School Lunch Act of 1946 Food Stamps Act of 1977 Section 32 of P.L. 94-320 Section 416 of the Agriculture Act of 1949 ALL