Appendix D -
Personal Opportunities With Employment Responsibilities (POWER)
Chapter 1 Resources/Income Per Public Law
The following payments are exempt in determining resources and income when distributed under the Public Law cited in this Table. These payments are not exempt when commingled with nonexempt funds. Indian lands and property are exempt when purchased with exempt per capita funds.
| PAYMENT TYPE | TRIBE/ENTITY | PUBLIC LAW |
| All payments | Agent Orange Settlement Fund | P.L. 101-201 |
| Aleutian & Pribil of Islands Restitution Act | P.L. 100-383 | |
| Child Nutrition Act | P.L. 89-642, P.L. 100-435 | |
| Civil Liberties Act of 1988 | P.L. 100-383 | |
| Crime Act of 1984 (reimbursed expenses) | P.L. 103-322 | |
| Disaster Relief Act, including FEMA | P.L. 93-288, P.L. 100-707 | |
| Domestic Volunteer Services Act of 1973 (Title II) | P.L. 93-113 | |
| Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) | ||
| Foster Grandparents Program | ||
| Senior Companion Program | ||
| Grand Coulee Dam Settlement Act | P.L. 103-436 | |
| Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act | P.L. 99-425 | |
| National & Community Service Trust Act | P.L. 103-82 | |
| National School Lunch Act (excluding provider payments) | ||
| Summer Food Service Program | P.L. 79-396, P.L. 94-105 | |
| Commodity Distribution Program Adult Care Food Program | P.L. 79-396, P.L. 94-105 | |
| Old Age Assistance Claims Settlement Act (under two thousand dollars [$2,000]) | P.L. 98-500 | |
| Income exempt only. | Older Americans Act, Title V (age fifty-five [55] +) | P.L. 100-175 |
| See Appendix B for | American Association of Retired Persons | |
| treatment as a | Green Thumb | |
| resource | National Assoc. for Spanish Speaking Elderly | |
| National Council on Aging | ||
| National Council on Black Aging | ||
| National Council of Senior Citizens | ||
| U.S. Forest Service | ||
| Radiation Exposure Compensation Act | P.L. 101-426 | |
| Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund of 1998 | P.L. 105-369 | |
| Spina Bifida Payments to a child | P.L. 104-204 | |
| Susan Walker vs. Bayer Corp. Settlement | Balanced Budget Act of 1997, HR 2015, Section 3424 | |
| Uniform Relocation Assistance & Real Property | P.L. 91-646 | |
| Acquisition Policy Act (reimbursements) | P.L. 91-646 | |
| Victims of Nazi Persecution Payments | P.L. 103-286 | |
| Educational payments | Higher Education Act & BIA, Title IV Basic Education Opportunity Grants (BEOG) | P.L. 99-498P.L. 100-50 |
| Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act | P.L. 98-524 | |
| Federal Direct Student Loan Program (FDSLP) | P.L. 102-325 | |
| Federal Perkins Loan Program Fed. Supplemental Educ. Opportunity Grants Federal Work Study Program Presidential Access Scholarships | P.L. 101-392 | |
| Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship State Student Incentives Grants (SSIG) | P.L. 101-392 | |
| All tribal payments | Any tribe | P.L. 98-64, P.L. 93-134 |
| Payments to: Papago, Arizona Assiniboine, Montana Blackfoot, Montana | P.L. 9 7 -408 | |
| Grosventre, Montana | P.L. 97-408 | |
| Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980 Houlton Band of Maliseet Passamaquoddy Indian Tribe | P.L. 9 6-420 | |
| Penobscot Nation | P.L. 9 6-420 | |
| Relocation Assistance to Navajo & Hopi Tribes | P.L. 93-531 | |
| Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewas, Arizona | P.L. 97-403 | |
| All judgment funds/ | Any tribe | P.L. 93-143 |
| Funds held in trust | P.L. 97-458 | |
| Arapaho/Shoshone | P.L. 103-66 | |
| Assiniboine Tribe, Ft. Belknap Indian Community/ Ft. Peck Reservation, Montana | P.L. 98-124 | |
| Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians | P.L. 98-123 | |
| Funds held in trust | Alaska Native Claims Funds | P.L. 92-203, P.L. 100-241 |
| Burns Indian Colony, Oregon | P.L. 92-488 | |
| Pueblos of Zia and Jemez, Florida | P.L. 84-926 | |
| Seminole Indians, Florida | P.L. 84-736 | |
| Stockbridge Munsee Indian Community, Wisconsin | P.L. 92-480 | |
| Judgment funds | Blackfoot | P.L. 92-254 |
| Grosventre | P.L. 92-254 | |
| Indian Claims Commission of the Court of Claims | P.L. 93-134, Section 7 | |
| Yakima Indian Nation Apache Tribe of the Mescalero reservation | P.L. 95-433 | |
| Per capita funds | Any tribe | P.L. 92-254 |
| P.L. 93-134 | ||
| P.L. 94-189 | ||
| P.L. 64-540 | ||
| Payments/Funds | Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians | P.L. 94-540 |
| held in trust | Leech Lake reservation, Minnesota | P.L. 99-377 |
| Miccosukee Tribe, Florida (under two thousand dollars [$2,000]) | P.L. 101-277 | |
| Mille Lac Reservation, Minnesota | P.L. 99-377 | |
| Puyallup Tribe of Indians Settlement Act, Washington | P.L. 101-41 | |
| Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, Michigan | P.L. 99-346 | |
| Seminole Nation, Oklahoma (under two thousand dollars [$2,000]) | P.L. 101-277 | |
| Seminole Tribe, Florida (under two thousand dollars [$2,000]) | P.L. 101-277 | |
| Seneca Nation Settlement Act | P.L. 101-503 | |
| White Earth Reservation Land Settlement Act, Minnesota | P.L. 99-264, P.L. 99-377 | |
| Receipts distributed from trust lands | Assiniboine and Sioux, Montana Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe Of Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin Blackfoot Tribe, Montana Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma | P.L. 94-114, Section 6 and P.L. 99-146 |
| Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, South Dakota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, South Dakota Devil's Lake Sioux Tribe, North Dakota Fond du Lac Reservation, Minnesota Ft. Belknap Indian Community, Montana Ft. Peck Sioux Tribes, Montana Grand Portage Reservation, Minnesota Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan LacCourte Oreilles Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Wisconsin Lac du Flambeau Reservation, Wisconsin Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, North Dakota Navajo Tribe, New Mexico Nett Lake Reservation, Minnesota Oglala Sioux Tribe, South Dakota Red Cliff Reservation, Wisconsin Rosebud Sioux Tribe, South Dakota Shoshone-Bannock Tribe, Idaho Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, North Dakota St. Croix Reservation, Wisconsin White Earth Reservation, Minnesota | P.L. 94-114, Section 6 and P.L. 99-146 |
Effective 9/3/2008