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TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP 546.2.1 Native Trust Lands In determining the resources of an individual (and spouse, if any) who is of Indian descent from a federally recognized Indian tribe, exclude any interest of the individual (or spouse, if any) in land which is held in trust by the United States for an individual Indian or tribe, or which is held by an individual Indian or tribe and which can only be sold, transferred, or otherwise disposed of with the approval of other individuals, his or her tribe, or an agency of the federal government. [59 FR 8538, February 23, 1994] 546.2.2 Trust or Restricted Lands Interests 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, i.e., leases, shall not be considered income, in determining eligibility for assistance under the Social Security Act, or any other federal or federally assisted program, pursuant to Section 13736 of PL 103-66, 107 Stat. 663, 25 U.S.C. 1408, as amended. (See Section 736.4 for Tribes included.) Note: Exempt up to $2,000 of the total income in the month received, and apply any balance in the next month as a resource. For example, a tribal member leases his land, receiving $5,000 in yearly lease payments. Exempt $2,000 each year in the month received and apply the balance of $3,000 as a countable resource in the following month. 546.2.3 Alaskan Native Distribution Exclude distributions received by an individual Alaska Native or descendant of an Alaska Native from an Alaska Native Regional and Village Corporation pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, as follows: cash, including cash dividends on stock received from a Native Corporation to the extent that it does not, in the aggregate, exceed $2,000 per individual each year; stock, including stock issued or distributed by a Native Corporation as a dividend or distribution on stock; a partnership interest; land or an interest in land, including land or an interest in land received from a Native Corporation as a dividend or distribution on stock; and an interest in a settlement trust. This exclusion is pursuant to Section 15 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Amendments of 1987, PL 100-241, 101 Stat. 1812, 43 U.S.C. 1626(c), effective February 3, 1988. 546.3 Certain Native Lands and Mineral Rights Provisions of the National Industrial Recovery Act, the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act, and Section 55 of the act of August 24, 1935, and lastly Public Law 94 114, conveyed portions of lands and subsurface mineral rights to designated tribes, including accrued income. Funds distributed to the members of the tribes identified or to their households are excluded as income or resources for the purposes of determining eligibility for assistance under the Social Security Act or any other federal or federally assisted program. (See Section 738.4.4 for Tribes included.) 546.4 Payments to Civilians Relocated During Wartime Payments made under Title I of PL 100-383 are exempt. These payments are made to Aleuts or individuals of Japanese ancestry (or their heirs) who were relocated during World War II. A-546.2.1 Division of Welfare and Supportive Services RESOURCES Eligibility and Payments Manual Native Trust Lands MTL 06/24 Nov 24