[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9069 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9069

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exclude from income for 
   purposes of eligibility for the supplemental nutrition assistance 
  program the basic allowance for housing received by members of the 
                          uniformed services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2022

Mr. Panetta (for himself, Mrs. Rodgers of Washington, and Ms. Jacobs of 
 California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exclude from income for 
   purposes of eligibility for the supplemental nutrition assistance 
  program the basic allowance for housing received by members of the 
                          uniformed services.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Military Family Nutrition Act of 
2022''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING FROM INCOME.

    Section 5(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2014(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (18), by striking ``and'' at the end,
            (2) in paragraph (19)(B) by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and'', and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(20) a basic allowance for housing paid to, or by a third 
        party on behalf of, a member of a uniformed service under 
        section 403 of title 37, United States Code.''.
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