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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5086 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exclude from income, 
for the purpose of determining eligibility and benefits, increased income 
received from cost of living adjustments made under titles II and XVI 
of the Social Security Act, section 3(a)(1) of the Railroad Retirement 
Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231b(a)(1)), or section 5312 of title 38 of 
the United States Code, and income received from supplementary pay-
ments received under section 1616 of the Social Security Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2023 
Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin (for herself, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. 
NORTON, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. 
PLASKETT, Ms. TOKUDA, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, 
Mr. EVANS, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, and Mrs. BEATTY) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exclude 
from income, for the purpose of determining eligibility 
and benefits, increased income received from cost of liv-
ing adjustments made under titles II and XVI of the 
Social Security Act, section 3(a)(1) of the Railroad Re-
tirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231b(a)(1)), or section 
5312 of title 38 of the United States Code, and income 
received from supplementary payments received under 
section 1616 of the Social Security Act. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘COLAs Don’t Count 
Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 
Section 5(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2014(d)) is amended— 
(1) is by amending paragraph (12) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(12) through September 30 of any fiscal year 
any increase in income attributable to a cost-of-liv-
ing adjustment made on or after January 1st of 
such fiscal year under title II or XVI of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq., 1381 et seq.), 
section 3(a)(1) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 
1974 (45 U.S.C. 231b(a)(1)), or section 5312 of 
title 38 of the United States Code, if the household 
was certified as eligible to participate in the supple-
mental nutrition assistance program or received an 
allotment in the month immediately preceding the 
first month in which the adjustment was effective;’’, 
(2) in paragraph (18) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end, 
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(3) by redesignating paragraph (19) as para-
graph (20), and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (18) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(19) supplementary payments received under 
section 1616 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1382e); and’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
take effect on October 1, 2024. 
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