---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 1408"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "1408"
heading: "Resources exemption"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/1408"
units:
  - "Chapter 16 — Distribution of Judgment Funds"
---

# §1408. Resources exemption


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 considered income, in determining eligibility for assistance under the Social Security Act [[42 U.S.C. 301](/usc/42/301.md) et seq.] or any other Federal or federally assisted program.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 93–134, § 8, as added Pub. L. 97–458, § 4, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2514; amended Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13736(a), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 663.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Social Security Act, referred to in text, is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620, which is classified generally to chapter 7 (§ 301 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of Title 42 and Tables.

### Amendments

1993—Pub. L. 103–66 inserted “, and up to $2,000 per year of income received by individual Indians that is derived from such interests shall not be considered income,” after “resource”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1993 Amendment

Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13736(b), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 663, provided that: “The amendment made by this section [amending this section] shall take effect on January 1, 1994.”