25 USC § 1408 - Resources exemption

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title: "25 USC § 1408 - Resources exemption"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "1408"
section_name: "Resources exemption"
chapter_number: 16
chapter_name: "DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUNDS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-07-14"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–134, § 8, as added Pub. L. 97–458, § 4, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2514; amended Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13736(a), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 663.)"
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# § 1408. Resources exemption

42 U.S.C. 301

Interests of individual Indians in trust or restricted lands shall not be considered a resource, and up to $2,000 per year of income received by individual Indians that is derived from such interests shall not be considered income, in determining eligibility for assistance under the Social Security Act [ et seq.] or any other Federal or federally assisted program.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–134, § 8, as added Pub. L. 97–458, § 4, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2514; amended Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13736(a), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 663.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Social Security Act, referred to in text, is , , which is classified generally to chapter 7 (§ 301 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see  and Tables.

### Amendments

1993— inserted “, and up to $2,000 per year of income received by individual Indians that is derived from such interests shall not be considered income,” after “resource”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1993 Amendment

> “The amendment made by this section [amending this section] shall take effect on
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