Aid to Families With Dependent Children; Adult Assistance Programs; Income and Resource Disregards Related to Interests of Individual Indians in Trust or Restricted Lands

Résumé

These proposed regulations incorporate additional statutory disregards in the rules for the Aid to Families With Dependent Children (AFDC) program and the adult assistance programs in Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Included is the income disregard provided under section 13736 of Pub. L. 103-66, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, which amends section 8 of Pub. L. 93-134. This income disregard is effective January 1, 1994. This amendment provides that up to $2,000 per year of income derived from interests of individual Indians in trust or restricted lands shall not be considered in determining assistance under the Social Security Act or any other Federal or federally assisted program. Additionally, we propose to incorporate the resource disregard provided under section 8 of Pub. L. 93-134, as added by section 4 of Pub. L. 97-458, effective January 12, 1983. This provision requires that interests of individual Indians in trust or restricted lands shall not be considered a resource in determining eligibility for assistance under the Social Security Act or any other Federal or federally assisted program.