Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act

Nicholas J. Begich III

Republican · AK · Representative

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No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.

Became Public Law No: 119-22.

2025-07-07

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Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act This bill excludes certain settlement trust payments to an Alaska Native or descendant of an Alaska Native who is aged, blind, or disabled for purposes of determining the individual's eligibility for certain need-based federal programs (e.g., the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program).

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

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