Military Hunger Prevention Act

Bill: 115-s-2488
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2018-03-01
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-03-01
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Military Hunger Prevention Act </b></p> <p>This bill excludes the value of a housing allowance for a member of a uniformed service from any income, assets, or resources calculation for determining eligibility for any federal program issuing benefits for nutrition assistance (including the family subsistence supplemental allowance program).</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2488 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 1, 2018 Ms. Duckworth (for herself, Ms. Murkowski , Mr. Udall , Mr. Jones , Mr. Van Hollen , Mrs. Feinstein , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Booker , Mrs. Murray , Ms. Smith , Ms. Cantwell , and Ms. Harris ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To amend title 37, United States Code, to exclude the receipt of basic allowance for housing for members of the Armed Forces in determining eligibility for certain Federal benefits, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Military Hunger Prevention Act . 2. Basic allowance for housing and certain Federal benefits (a) Exclusion of basic allowance for housing Section 403(k) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (4) In determining eligibility to participate in any Federal program issuing benefits for nutrition assistance (including the Family Subsistence Supplemental Allowance program under section 402a of this title), the value of a housing allowance under this section shall be excluded from any calculation of income, assets, or resources. . (b) Conforming amendments 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 and inserting a semicolon; (2) in paragraph (19)(B), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (20) any allowance under section 403 of title 37, United States Code. .