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Page | 177 21. Payments received by the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation and the Apache Tribe of the Mescalaro Reservation from the Indian Claims Commission as designated under Public Law 95-433, Section 2. 22. Payments to the Passamaquoddy Tribe, Houlton Band of Maliseet, and the Penobscot Nation or any of their members received pursuant to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980, Public Law 96-420, Section 5. 23. Payments of relocation assistance to members of the Navajo and Hopi Tribes under Public Law 93-531. 24. Per capita payments made under PL 98-124, Distributions to the Assiniboine Tribe of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, Montana, and the Assiniboine Tribe of the Fort Pack Indian Reservation, Montana. 25. Per capita payments made to the Chippewas of Mississippi under PL 99-377 and payments made to the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians under PL 98-123. 26. Per capita payments made to Sac and Fox Tribes of Oklahoma, Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa (PL 94-189); Chippewas of Lake Superior, Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation of Wisconsin, Bad River Band Reservation, Sokagon Chippewa Community of the Mole Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin (PL 99-146). 27. Funds paid to Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewas, Arizona (PL 97-403); Blackfeet, Grosventre, and Assiniboine Tribes of Montana and Papago, Arizona (PL 97-408); White Earth Band of Chippewas in Minnesota (PL 99-264); Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan (PL 99-346); Puyallup Tribe, Washington (PL 101-41); Seneca Nation (PL 101-503). 28. Funds paid under Old Age Assistance Claims Settlement Act to heirs of deceased Indians except for per capita payments in excess of $2000 (PL 98-500). 29. Funds paid to the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, Miccosukee Tribe of Florida, and independent Seminole Indians of Florida (PL 101-277) are excluded except for per capita payments in excess of $2000. 30. Funds to Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Settlement Act (PL 103-436). 31. Veterans benefits paid to children of women Vietnam veterans who suffer from birth defects. (PL 106-419). 32. Educational funds (loans, grants, scholarships, etc.) are excluded as a resource during the period they are intended to cover. 33. Cobell Settlement Funds: Excluded as income and a resource for a year after receipt. Any funds remaining after the year are counted as a resource. 34. Nez Perce Settlement Funds: Counted as a resource in the month received if it is a lump sum payment; counted as income in the month received and resources thereafter if it received as multiple payments. 35. Keepseagle Settlement Funds: Excluded as income and counted as a resource. 36. Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Funds: Excluded from income and resources. T. Exclude ABLE accounts per Public Law 113-294 (Tax increase prevention Act). Able account funds exceeding $100,000 are considered a resource.

9410 HANDLING EXCLUDED FUNDS

Money excluded from resources and kept in a separate account is exempt as a resource. This money is exempt indefinitely, unless combined in an account with money which is not excluded. If excluded and non-excluded money is combined, the excluded funds are exempt for six months from the date the funds were combined. The six-month limit begins for each separate deposit of exempt funds on the date it is combined with non-excluded funds. If excluded money is placed in