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2630.05.25 FOOD STAMPS/COMMODITIES The value of food stamps and the value of United States Department of Agriculture donated foods (surplus commodities), are exempt.62

2630.10.00 HUD ASSISTANCE Housing assistance paid directly or indirectly by HUD under the following is exempt: • The Housing Authorization Act of 1976 with respect to a dwelling unit under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (Sections 8, 10, and 23 and the Experimental Housing Allowance Program) • The National Housing Act (loans for housing renovation, mortgage insurance, and investment insurance) • Title V of the Housing Act of 1949 (loans to elderly individuals, farmers, and developers for the construction, improvement, or replacement of farm homes and other buildings) • Section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (payments to certain mortgagors on behalf of tenants with low income who are displaced by government action, age 62 or over, physically handicapped, living in substandard housing, present or past tenants of dwellings damaged or destroyed by disaster, or whose head of the household is on active duty with the armed forces).63 2630.15.00 RELOCATION ASSISTANCE ACT PAYMENTS Relocation assistance provided under Title II of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 is exempt.64 2630.20.00 HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS Payments received through the Home Energy Assistance Program (EAP) are exempt.65 2630.25.00 ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES/ALASKAN NATIVES The following Section discusses federal law pertaining to Indian tribes and Alaska natives. • P.L. 92-203, section 29, dated 1/2/76, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and Section 15 of • P.L. 100-241, 2/3/88, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Amendments of 1987 - All • compensation (including cash, stock, partnership interest, land, interest in land, and other benefits) received under this Act are excluded from income and resources. • P.L. 93-134, the Judgment Award Authorization Act, as amended by P.L. 97-458, Section 1407, 11/12/83 and P.L. 98-64, 8/2/83, the Per Capita Distribution Act. P.L. 97-458 required the