This part changes an older law about land claims in Alaska. It takes one item out of a list in that law. It puts a new item in its place. The new item names a share in a trust. It also names money and help that come from a trust.
The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“Section 29(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1626(c)) is amended, in the undesignated matter following paragraph (3), by striking subparagraph (E) and inserting the following:”
The whole of section 2 is this one amendment. It names the provision it changes, section 29(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1626(c)), and the place within that provision: the undesignated matter following paragraph (3). There it strikes subparagraph (E) and puts the text that follows in its place. This Act does not state what the struck subparagraph said.
What the document actually says
“Section 29(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1626(c)) is amended, in the undesignated matter following paragraph (3), by striking subparagraph (E) and inserting the following:”
That sentence, in plain words
This part reaches into an older law. It finds one item in a list there. The item is marked (E). It takes that item out and puts new words in its place.
What this is about
A new law can change a law that came before it. It does that by naming the words to take out. Then it gives the words to put in. The new words sit in the older law from then on.
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The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“(E) an interest in a Settlement Trust”
The first of the two things the inserted subparagraph names, and it carries no time limit. This Act does not define Settlement Trust anywhere in its own text: the term belongs to the Act being amended.
What the document actually says
“(E) an interest in a Settlement Trust”
That sentence, in plain words
The new words start with a share in a trust.
What this is about
A trust is a way to hold money or land for people. This part does not say who sets the trust up. It names only a share in one.
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The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“for the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act, an amount distributed from or benefit provided by a Settlement Trust to a Native or descendant of a Native who is an aged, blind, or disabled individual (as defined in section 1614(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382c(a)))”
The second of the two things the inserted subparagraph names, and unlike the first it runs out. The 5 year period begins on the date of enactment, and the Act was approved July 7, 2025, so it runs from that date. Two limits are written into the text: the person has to be a Native or the descendant of a Native, and has to be an aged, blind, or disabled individual as that phrase is defined in section 1614(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382c(a)). Both the amount distributed and the benefit provided have to come from a Settlement Trust.
What the document actually says
“for the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act, an amount distributed from or benefit provided by a Settlement Trust to a Native or descendant of a Native who is an aged, blind, or disabled individual (as defined in section 1614(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382c(a)))”
That sentence, in plain words
The new words also name money paid out by a trust. They name help a trust gives too. This part covers Alaska Natives who are old, blind, or disabled. It lasts five years.
What this is about
The law points to a rule in another law for who is old, blind, or disabled. That other law is the Social Security Act. The five years start on July 7, 2025.
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Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act, Public Law 119-22, sec. 2, 139 Stat. 402 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ22/html/PLAW-119publ22.htm
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“Eligibility for Certain Programs,” Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act, section 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/alaska-native-settlement-trust-eligibility-act/section-2/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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What This Page Covers, and What It Leaves Out
The amendment the section makes: the provision it changes, the place within that provision, the subparagraph it strikes, and each of the two things the subparagraph inserted in its place names.
Nothing in the section is left out. The approval line and the legislative history the Government Publishing Office prints after the last section are held out of the indexed text.
The section works by amending an older statute, and that statute is not indexed here. So the site does not record what subparagraph (E) said before this change, or what the provision containing the list does with the items in it. A reader who wants either has to follow the citation into the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
