Treatment of tribal general welfare payments

(a) Income exclusion Section 1612(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382a(b)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (25), by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (26), by striking the period at the end and inserting; and; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (27) the value of any Indian general welfare benefit (as defined in section 139E of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) received by such individual (or such spouse).. (b) Resource exclusion Section 1613(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382b(a)), as amended by section 5 of this Act, is amended— (1) in paragraph (17), by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (18), by striking the period at the end and inserting; and; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (19) the value of any Indian general welfare benefit (as defined in section 139E of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) received by such individual (or such spouse)..