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P.L. 93-112

(B) a local educational agency (as defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965), system of vocational education, or other school system;

(3)(A) an entire corporation, partnership, or other private organization, or an entire sole proprietorship

(i) if assistance is extended to such corporation, partnership, private organization, or sole proprietorship as a whole; or

(ii) which is principally engaged in the business of providing education, health care, housing, social services, or parks and recreation; or

(B) the entire plant or other comparable, geographically separate facility to which Federal financial assistance is extended, in the case of any other corporation, partnership, private organization, or sole proprietorship; or

(4) any other entity which is established by two or more of the entities described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3);

any part of which is extended Federal financial assistance.

(c) Small providers are not required by subsection (a) to make significant structural alterations to their existing facilities for the purpose of assuring program accessibility, if alternative means of providing the services are available. The terms used in this subsection shall be construed with reference to the regulations existing on the date of the enactment of this subsection.

(d) The standards used to determine whether this section has been violated in a complaint alleging employment discrimination under this section shall be the standards applied under title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12111 et seq.) and the provisions of sections 501 through 504, and 510, of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12201-12204 and 12210), as such sections related to employment.

[Internal References.-S.S. Act §§222(a), (b), and (d), 508(a) and (b), 1615(a), (c), and (d), and 1915(c) cite the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and S.S. Act §1612(b) catchline have footnotes referring to P.L. 93-112.]

P.L. 93-113, Approved October 1, 1973 (87 Stat. 394)

Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973

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(f) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law except as may be provided expressly in limitation of this subsection, payments to volunteers under this Act shall not in any way reduce or eliminate the level of or eligibility for assistance or services any such volunteers may be receiving under any governmental program, except that this paragraph shall not apply in the case of such payments when the Director determines that the value of all such payments, adjusted to reflect the number of hours such volunteers are serving, is equivalent to or greater than the minimum wage then in effect under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) or the minimum wage, under the laws of the State where such volunteers are serving, whichever is the greater.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person enrolled for full-time service as a volunteer under title I of this Act who was otherwise entitled to receive assistance or services under any governmental program prior to such volunteer's enrollment shall not be denied such assistance or services because of such volunteer's

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failure or refusal to register for, seek, or accept employment or training during the period of such service.

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[Internal References.—S.S. Act §§1612(b) and 1613(a) catchlines have footnotes referring to P.L. 93-113.]

P.L. 93-134, Approved October 19, 1973 (87 Stat. 466)

Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, [25 U.S.C. 1401] (a) That, notwithstanding any other law, all use or distribution of funds appropriated in satisfaction of a judgment of the Indian Claims Commission or the United States Claims Court 39 in favor of any Indian tribe, band, group, pueblo, or community (hereinafter referred to as "Indian tribe"), together with any investment income earned thereon, after payment of attorney fees and litigation expenses, shall be made pursuant to the provisions of this Act.

(b) Except as provided in the Act of September 22, 1961 (75 Stat. 584), amounts which the Secretary of the Interior has remaining after execution of either a plan under this Act, or another Act enacted heretofore or hereafter providing for the use or distribution of amounts awarded in satisfaction of a judgment in favor of an Indian tribe or tribes, together with any investment income earned thereon and after payment of attorney fees and litigation expenses, shall be held in trust by the Secretary for the tribe or tribes involved if the plan or Act does not otherwise provide for the use of such amounts.

(c) This Act may be cited as the "Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act".

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SEC. 7 [25 U.S.C. 1407] None of the funds which

(1) are distributed per capita or held in trust pursuant to a plan approved under the provisions of this Act, or

(2) on the date of enactment of this Act, are to be distributed per capita or are held in trust pursuant to a plan approved by the Congress prior to the date of enactment of this Act,

(3) were distributed pursuant to a plan approved by Congress after December 31, 1981 but prior to the date of enactment of this Act, and any purchases made with such funds, or

(4) are paid by the State of Minnesota to the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians pursuant to the agreements of such Band to voluntarily restrict tribal rights to hunt and fish in territory cede under the Treaty of September 30, 1854 (10 Stat. 1109), including all interest accrued on such funds during any period in which such funds are held in a minor's trust,

including all interest and investment income accrued thereon while such funds are so held in trust, shall be subject to Federal or State income taxes, nor shall such funds nor their availability be considered as income or resources nor otherwise utilized as the basis for denying or reducing the financial assistance or other benefits to which such household or member would otherwise be entitled under the Social Security Act or, except for per capita shares in excess of $2,000, any Federal or federally assisted program.

SEC. 8 [25 U.S.C. 1408] 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 consid

39 P.L. 102-572, 8902(b)(1), provides that a reference to the "United States Claims Court” shall be deemed a reference to the "United States Court of Federal Claims".

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ered income, in determining eligibility for assistance under the Social Security Act or any other Federal or federally assisted program.

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[Internal References.-S.S. Act §§1612(b) and 1613(a) catchlines and §1002(a), 1402(a), and 1602(a)(State) have footnotes referring to P.L. 93-134. P.L. 98-64, §2(a), (this volume) cites the Act of October 19, 1973.]

SEC. 8

P.L. 93-233, Approved December 31, 1973 (87 Stat. 947)

[Social Security Benefits-Increase]

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Eligibility of Supplemental Security Income Recipients for Food Stamps

(d) [42 U.S.C. 1382e note] Upon the request of a State, the Secretary shall find, for purposes of the provisions specified in subsection (c), that the level of such State's supplementary payments of the type described in section 1616(a) of the Social Security Act has been specifically increased for any month so as to include the bonus value of food stamps (and that such State meets the applicable requirements of subsection (c)(1)) if—

(1) the Secretary has found (under this subsection or subsection (c), as in effect in December 1980) that such State's supplementary payments in December 1980 were increased to include the bonus value of food stamps; and

(2) such State continues without interruption to meet the requirements of section 1618 of such Act for each month after the month referred to in paragraph (1) and up to and including the month for which the Secretary is making the determination.

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Medicaid Eligibility for Individuals Receiving Mandatory State Supplementary Payments SEC. 13

(c) [42 U.S.C. 1396a note] In addition to other requirements imposed by law as conditions for the approval of any State plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act, there is hereby imposed (effective January 1, 1974) the requirement (and each such State plan shall be deemed to require) that medical assistance under such plan shall be provided to any individual

(1) for any month for which there (A) is payable with respect to such individual a supplementary payment pursuant to an agreement entered into between the State and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under section 212(a) of Public Law 93-66, and (B) would be payable with respect to such individual such a supplementary payment, if the amount of the supplementary payments payable pursuant to such agreement were established without regard to paragraph (3)(A)(ii) of such section 212(a), and

(2) in like manner, and subject to the same terms and conditions, as medical assistance is provided under such plan to individuals with respect to whom benefits are payable for such month under the supplementary security income program established by title XVI of the Social Security Act.

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Federal matching under title XIX of the Social Security Act shall be available for the medical assistance furnished to individuals who are eligible for such assistance under this subsection.

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[Internal References.-S.S. Act §1931(g) cites P.L. 93-233. S.S. Act §1902 catchline has a footnote referring to P.L. 93-233. P.L. 92-603, §401 catchline (this volume) has a footnote referring to P.L. 93-233.]

P.L. 93-288, Approved May 22, 1974 (88 Stat. 143)

The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.

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(d) ASSISTANCE NOT INCOME.-Federal major disaster and emergency assistance provided to individuals and families under this Act, and comparable disaster assistance provided by States, local governments, and disaster assistance organizations, shall not be considered as income or a resource when determining eligibility for or benefit levels under federally funded income assistance or resource-tested benefit programs.

[Internal References.—S.S. Act §1612(a) and (b) cite the Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act and S.S. Act titles IV, part B and XVIII and §§428, 1612(b) and 1613(a) catchlines and §§1002(a), 1402(a), and 1602(a)(State) have footnotes referring to P.L. 93-288.]

P.L. 93-344, Approved July 12, 1974 (88 Stat. 297)
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974

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(2) BUDGET AUTHORITY AND NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—

(A) IN GENERAL.-The term "budget authority" means the authority provided by Federal law to incur financial obligations, as follows:

(i) provisions of law that make funds available for obligation and expenditure (other than borrowing authority), including the authority to obligate and expend the proceeds of offsetting receipts and collections;

(ii) borrowing authority, which means authority granted to a Federal entity to borrow and obligate and expend the borrowed funds, including through the issuance of promissory notes or other monetary credits;

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(iii) contract authority, which means the making of funds available for obligation but not for expenditure; and

(iv) offsetting receipts and collections as negative budget authority, and the reduction thereof as positive budget authority.

(B) LIMITATIONS ON BUDGET AUTHORITY.-With respect to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, the Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, the Unemployment Trust Fund, and the railroad retirement account, any amount that is precluded from obligation in a fiscal year by a provision of law (such as a limitation or a benefit formula) shall not be budget authority in that year.

(C) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.-The term "new budget authority" means, with respect to a fiscal year

(i) budget authority that first becomes available for obligation in that year, including budget authority that becomes available in that year 40 a result of a reappropriation; or

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(ii) a change in any account in the availability of unobligated balances of budget authority carried over from a prior year, resulting from a provision of law first effective in that year;

and includes a change in the estimated level of new budget authority provided in indefinite amounts by existing law.

SEC. 301 [2 U.S.C. 632] (a) CONTENT OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET. On or before April 15 of each year, the Congress shall complete action on a concurrent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of such year. The concurrent resolution shall set forth appropriate levels for the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of such year, and planning levels for each of the two ensuing fiscal years, for the following

(1) totals of new budget authority, budget outlays, direct loan obligations, and primary loan guarantee commitments;

(2) total Federal revenues and the amount, if any, by which the aggregate level of Federal revenues should be increased or decreased by bills and resolu tions to be reported by the appropriate committees;

(3) the surplus or deficit in the budget;

(4) new budget authority, budget outlays, direct loan obligations, and primary loan guarantee commitments for each major functional category, based on allocations of the total levels set forth pursuant to paragraph (1);

(5) the public debt;

(6) For 41 purposes of Senate enforcement under this title, outlays of the oldage, survivors, and disability insurance program established under title II of the Social Security Act for the fiscal year of the resolution and for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years; and

(7) For 42 purposes of Senate enforcement under this title, revenues of the oldage, survivors, and disability insurance program established under title II of the Social Security Act (and the related provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) for the fiscal year of the resolution and for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.

The concurrent resolution shall not include the outlays and revenue totals of the old age 43, survivors, and disability insurance program established under title II of the Social Security Act or the related provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in the surplus or deficit totals required by this subsection or in any other surplus or deficit totals required by this title.

40 As in original; possibly should be "as".
41 As in original; possibly should be "for".
42 As in original; possibly should be "for".
43 As in original; possibly should be "old-age".

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