COLA’s Don’t Count Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5484
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2019-12-18
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief

Inflation and prices

Medicaid

Medicare

Nutrition and diet

Poverty and welfare assistance

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-12-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>COLA's Don't Count Act of 2019</b></p>  <p> This bill revises requirements for determining eligibility and benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to exclude household income received from certain cost-of-living adjustments and supplementary payments under the Social Security Act.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5484 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 18, 2019 Ms. Moore 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, income received from cost of living adjustments made under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act and from supplementary payments received under section 1616 of such Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the COLA’s Don’t Count Act of 2019 . 2. Amendment Section 5(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2014(d) ) of such Act— (1) in paragraph (18) by striking and at the end; (2) by redesignating paragraph (19) as paragraph (20); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (18) the following: (19) income attributable to cost of living adjustments received under title II or XVI of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), and supplementary payments received under section 1616 of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1382e ); and . 3. Effective date This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 2020.