Grand Portage Band Per Capita Adjustment Act

3/14/2024, 12:48 PM

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Grand Portage Band Per Capita Adjustment Act - Excludes funds paid by Minnesota to members of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, pursuant to the agreements of such Band to voluntarily restrict tribal rights to hunt and fish in territory ceded under the Treaty of September 30, 1854, from: (1) federal or state income taxes; or (2) use in denying or reducing a member's benefits under the Social Security Act or, except for payments in excess of $2,000, a federal or federally-assisted program.

Congress
113

Number
HR - 3608

Introduced on
2013-11-21

# Amendments
0

Sponsors
+5

Cosponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
Passed in House
Introduced to Senate
Passed in Senate
To President
Signed by President
Became Public Law

Purpose and Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Grand Portage Band Per Capita Adjustment Act - Excludes funds paid by Minnesota to members of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, pursuant to the agreements of such Band to voluntarily restrict tribal rights to hunt and fish in territory ceded under the Treaty of September 30, 1854, from: (1) federal or state income taxes; or (2) use in denying or reducing a member's benefits under the Social Security Act or, except for payments in excess of $2,000, a federal or federally-assisted program.

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedTo amend the Act of October 19, 1973, concerning taxable income to members of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.

Policy Areas
Native Americans

Potential Impact
Federal-Indian relations•
Hunting and fishing•
Income tax exclusion•
Indian claims•
Indian lands and resources rights•
Indian social and development programs•
Minnesota•
Poverty and welfare assistance•
Social security and elderly assistance

Comments

Recent Activity

Latest Summary1/8/2015

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Grand Portage Band Per Capita Adjustment Act - Excludes funds paid by Minnesota to members of the Grand Portage Band of Lake ...


Latest Action12/19/2014
Became Public Law No: 113-290.