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for the Mille Lac Reservation, Minnesota; White Earth Reservation, Minnesota; and Leech Lake Reservation, Minnesota. • P.L. 101-41, 6/21/89, the Puyallup Tribe of Indians Settlement Act of 1989, Section 10(b) provides that nothing in this Act shall affect the eligibility of the Tribe or any of its members for any Federal program. Section 10(c) provides that none of the funds, assets or income from the trust fund established in Section 6(b) shall at any time be used as a basis for denying or reducing funds to the Tribe or its members under any Federal, State, or local program. (The Puyallup Tribe is located in the State of Washington.) • P.L. 101-277, 4/30/90, funds appropriated in satisfaction of judgments awarded to the Seminole Indians in Dockets 73, 151 and 73-A of the Indian Claims Commission are excluded from income and resources except for per capita payments in excess of $2,000. Payments were allocated to the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, and the independent Seminole Indians of Florida. • P.L. 101-503, Section 8(b), Seneca Nation Settlement Act of 1990, dated 11/3/90, provides that none of the payments, funds or distributions authorized, established, or directed by this Act, and none of the income derived therefrom, shall affect the eligibility of the Seneca Nation or its members for, or be used as a basis for denying or reducing funds under, any Federal program. • P.L. 93-134, Section 8, 10/19/73, the Indian Tribal Judgment Fund Use or Distribution Act, as amended by P.L. 103-66, Section 13736, 10/7/93, provides that interest of individual Indians in trust or restricted lands shall not be considered a resource and up to $2,000 per year of income received by individual Indians that is derived from such interests shall not be considered income in determining eligibility for assistance under the Social Security Act or any other Federal or federally assisted program. If other types, not on this list, are encountered, contact the Policy Answer Line for guidance. 2630.30.05 COMPENSATION TO JAPANESE/ALEUTS (MED 1, 4) Restitution payments by the U.S. Government to individual Japanese Americans (or, if deceased, to their survivors) and Aleuts who were interned or relocated during World War II are exempt from income and resources. Also, restitution payments from the Canadian government to individual Japanese Canadians who were interned or relocated during World War II are exempt resources.66

2630.35.00 GERMAN REPARATION PAYMENTS (MED 1, 4) German reparation payments are payments made by the Republic of Germany to certain survivors of the Holocaust and may be received periodically or in a lump sum. They are exempt from resources by federal law.67 2630.35.05 CRIME VICTIM PAYMENTS (MED 1, 4) Any amount of assistance received from federal funds administered by any state or local government