COLAs Don’t Count Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5086
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2023-07-28
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions

Food assistance and relief

Income tax exclusion

Inflation and prices

Nutrition and diet

Poverty and welfare assistance

Railroads

Transportation employees
Latest action: action_date: 2023-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-07-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>COLAs Don't Count Act of 2023 </strong></p><p>This bill revises requirements for determining eligibility and benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to exclude  income received from certain (1) cost-of-living adjustments&nbsp;under the Social Security Act and to railroad retirement and veterans' benefits, and (2) supplementary payments under the&nbsp;Social Security Act.</p><!--tinycomments|2.1|data:application/json;base64,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-->

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5086 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. Sánchez , 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 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 payments received under section 1616 of the Social Security Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the COLAs Don’t Count Act of 2023 . 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-living 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 supplemental 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, (3) by redesignating paragraph (19) as paragraph (20), and (4) by inserting after paragraph (18) the following: (19) supplementary payments received under section 1616 of the Social Security 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, 2024.