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• Funds distributed under this Act to members of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians are excluded from income and resources. Funds were awarded in docket number 15-72 of the United States Court of Claims.

P.L. 98-124, Section 5: • Per capita and interest payments made to members of the Assiniboine Tribe of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, Montana, and the Assiniboine Tribe of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana, under this Act are excluded from income and resources. Funds were awarded in docket 10-81L.

P.L. 98-500, Section 8, 10/17/84, Old Age Assistance Claims Settlement Act: • provides that funds made to heirs of deceased Indians under this Act shall not be considered as income or resources nor otherwise used to reduce or deny SNAP benefits except for per capita shares in excess of $2000.

P.L. 99-146, Section 6(b), 11/11/85: • Funds distributed per capita or held in trust for members of the Chippewas of Lake Superior are excluded from income and resources. • Judgments were awarded in Dockets numbered 18-S, 18-U, 18-C and 18-T. Dockets 18-S and 18-U are divided among the following reservations: o Wisconsin ▪ Bad River Reservation ▪ Lac du Flambeau Reservation ▪ Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation ▪ Sokaogon Chippewa Community ▪ Red Cliff Reservation ▪ St. Croix Reservation Michigan ▪ Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (L'Anse, Lac Vieux Desert, and Ontonagon Bands) o Minnesota ▪ Fond du Lac Reservation ▪ Grand Portage Reservation ▪ Nett Lake Reservation (including Vermillion Lake and Deer Creek) ▪ White Earth Reservation • Under Dockets 18-C and 18-T funds are given to the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of the Lake Superior Bands of Chippewa Indians of the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation of Wisconsin, the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, the Sokaogon Chippewa Community of the Mole Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, and the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin.

P.L. 99-264, White Earth Reservation Land Settlement Act of 1985, 3/24/86, Section 16: • excludes moneys paid under this Act from income and resources. This Act involves members of the White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians in Minnesota.

P.L. 99-346, Section 6(b)(2): • Payments to the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan are excluded from income and resources.