Keep Kupuna Fed Act

Bill: 118-hr-3126
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2023-05-05
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Aging

Disability and paralysis

Food assistance and relief

Income tax deductions

Poverty and welfare assistance
Latest action: action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-05-05
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Keep Kupuna Fed Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to exempt certain Social Security benefits (e.g., retirement and disability benefits) from household income for the purposes of determining program eligibility.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3126 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 5, 2023 Ms. Tokuda 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 certain funds received under the Social Security Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keep Kupuna Fed Act . 2. Amendment 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) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and , and (3) by adding at the end the following: (20) income received under title II of the Social Security Act. . 3. Effective date This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.