HR 42
Became law
Excludes certain trust interests and payments received by aged, blind, or disabled Alaska Natives and their descendants from being counted when determining eligibility for certain programs, for five years after enactment.
Official title: Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
03-JAN-2025
Referred
03-JAN-2025
Passed
04-FEB-2025
Senate
Received
05-FEB-2025
Passed
18-JUN-2025
President
Presented
03-JUL-2025
Signed
07-JUL-2025
Became law
07-JUL-2025
- Amends Section 29(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act by replacing its subparagraph (E).
- Covers an interest in a Settlement Trust in the revised subparagraph.
- For five years from enactment, covers amounts distributed from or benefits provided by a Settlement Trust to aged, blind, or disabled Natives or descendants, using the Social Security Act definition of aged, blind, or disabled individual.
Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Public Law, 07-JUL-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Natural Resources Committee (House)
Native Americans
No cosponsors.