Chapter 33, Section 1626, Subsection (c) · 43 U.S.C. Chapter 33 — ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT

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(c)In determining the eligibility of a household, an individual Native, or a descendant of a Native (as defined in section 1602(r) of this title) to—

(1)participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program,

(2)receive aid, assistance, or benefits, based on need, under the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.], or

(3)receive financial assistance or benefits, based on need, under any other Federal program or federally-assisted program,

(A)cash (including cash dividends on stock received from a Native Corporation and on bonds received from a Native Corporation) to the extent that it does not, in the aggregate, exceed $2,000 per individual per annum;

(B)stock (including stock issued or distributed by a Native Corporation as a dividend or distribution on stock) or bonds issued by a Native Corporation which bonds shall be subject to the protection of section 1606(h) of this title until voluntarily and expressly sold or pledged by the shareholder subsequent to the date of distribution;

(C)a partnership interest;

(D)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

(E)an interest in a Settlement Trust and, for the 5-year period beginning on July 7, 2025, an amount distributed from or benefit provided by a Settlement Trust to a Native or descendant of a Native who is an aged, blind, or disabled individual (as defined in section 1614(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382c(a))).

none of the following, received from a Native Corporation, shall be considered or taken into account as an asset or resource:

United States Government work; public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105.

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Agreement
means the agreement entitled “Terms and Conditions Governing Legislative Land Consolidation and Exchange between NANA Regional Corporation, Inc., and the United States” executed by the Secretary of the Interior and the President of NANA Regional Corporation, Inc., on January 31 and January 24, 1985, respectively.
Alienability restrictions
means the restrictions imposed on Settlement Common Stock by section 1606(h)(1)(B) of this title;
available Federal land
means Federal land in the State that—
contaminant
means 1 hazardous substance harmful to public health or the environment, including friable asbestos.
contingency area
means any area specified in a timber sale contract as an area from which the timber contractor may harvest timber if the volume of timber specified in the contract cannot be obtained from one or more areas definitely designated for timbering in the contract.
Cook Inlet Regional Corporation
means Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated.
Descendant of a Native
means—
eligible individual
means an individual who, as determined by the Secretary in accordance with subsection (c)(1), is—
Fund
means the Alaska Native Fund in the Treasury of the United States established by section 1605 of this title;
Group Corporation
means an Alaska Native Group Corporation organized under the laws of the State of Alaska as a business for profit or nonprofit corporation to hold, invest, manage and/or distribute lands, property, funds, and other rights and assets for and on behalf of members of a Native group in accordance with the terms of this chapter;
Merchantable Timber
means timber that can be harvested and marketed by a prudent operator.
Municipal Corporation
means any general unit of municipal government under the laws of the State of Alaska;
NANA
means NANA Regional Corporation, Inc., a corporation formed for the Natives of Northwest Alaska pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
Native
means a citizen of the United States who is a person of one-fourth degree or more Alaska Indian (including Tsimshian Indians not enrolled in the Metlaktla 1 Indian Community) Eskimo, or Aleut blood, or combination thereof.
Native Corporation
means any Regional Corporation, any Village Corporation, any Urban Corporation, and any Group Corporation;
Native group
means any tribe, band, clan, village, community, or village association of Natives in Alaska composed of less than twenty-five Natives, who comprise a majority of the residents of the locality;
Native village
means any tribe, band, clan, group, village, community, or association in Alaska listed in sections 1610 and 1615 of this title, or which meets the requirements of this chapter, and which the Secretary determines was, on the 1970 census enumeration date (as shown by the census or other evidence satisfactory to the Secretary, who shall make findings of fact in each instance), composed of twenty-five or more Natives;
Person
means any individual, group, firm, corporation, association, or partnership;
Planning Commission
means the Joint Federal-State Land Use Planning Commission established by section 1616 of this title;
Public lands
means all Federal lands and interests therein located in Alaska except: (1) the smallest practicable tract, as determined by the Secretary, enclosing land actually used in connection with the administration of any Federal installation, and (2) land selections of the State of Alaska which have been patented or tentatively approved under section 6(g) of the Alaska Statehood Act, as amended (72 Stat. 341, 77 Stat. 223), or identified for selection by the State prior to January 17, 1969;
Regional Corporation
means an Alaska Native Regional Corporation established under the laws of the State of Alaska in accordance with the provisions of this chapter;
Replacement Common Stock
means stock of a Native Corporation issued in exchange for Settlement Common Stock pursuant to section 1606(h)(3) of this title;
Secretary
means the Secretary of the Interior;
Settlement Common Stock
means stock of a Native Corporation issued pursuant to section 1606(g)(1) of this title that carries with it the rights and restrictions listed in section 1606(h)(1) of this title;
Settlement Trust
means a trust—
State
means the State of Alaska.
transportation system
means the Red Dog Mine Transportation System described in Exhibit B of the Agreement.
Urban Corporation
means an Alaska Native Urban Corporation organized under the laws of the State of Alaska as a business for profit or nonprofit corporation to hold, invest, manage and/or distribute lands, property, funds, and other rights and assets for and on behalf of members of an urban community of Natives in accordance with the terms of this chapter;
veteran
has the meaning given the term in section 101 of title 38.
Village Corporation
means an Alaska Native Village Corporation organized under the laws of the State of Alaska as a business for profit or nonprofit corporation to hold, invest, manage and/or distribute lands, property, funds, and other rights and assets for and on behalf of a Native village in accordance with the terms of this chapter.2