Military Family Nutrition Access Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-497
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2023-02-16
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2023-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-02-16
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Military Family Nutrition Access Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill excludes military housing allowances from income when determining eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).</p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 497 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 16, 2023 Ms. Duckworth (for herself, Ms. Murkowski , Mr. King , Mr. Blumenthal , Mrs. Gillibrand , Mr. Warnock , Mr. Bennet , Mr. Welch , Ms. Baldwin , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Durbin , Mr. Booker , Mr. Fetterman , Mr. Tester , and Mrs. Murray ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exclude a basic allowance for housing from income for purposes of eligibility for the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Military Family Nutrition Access Act of 2023 . 2. Exclusion of basic allowance for housing from income 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)(B), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (20) a basic allowance for housing paid to a member of a uniformed service under section 403 of title 37, United States Code. .