Military Family Nutrition Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1763
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2023-03-23
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-03-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Military Family Nutrition 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: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1763 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 23, 2023 Mr. Panetta (for himself and Mrs. Rodgers of Washington ) 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 purposes of eligibility for the supplemental nutrition assistance program the basic allowance for housing received by members of the uniformed services.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Military Family Nutrition 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, or by a third party on behalf of, a member of a uniformed service under section 403 of title 37, United States Code. .