[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6305 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6305

To amend title 37, United States Code, to exclude the receipt of basic 
 allowance for housing for members of the Armed Forces in determining 
               eligibility for certain Federal benefits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 14, 2016

   Mrs. Davis of California introduced the following bill; which was 
  referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the 
Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 37, United States Code, to exclude the receipt of basic 
 allowance for housing for members of the Armed Forces in determining 
               eligibility for certain Federal benefits.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Military Hunger Prevention Act''.

SEC. 2. BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING AND CERTAIN FEDERAL BENEFITS.

    (a) Exclusion of BAH.--Section 403(k) of title 37, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(4) In determining the eligibility to participate in the 
supplemental nutrition assistance program and the Family Subsistence 
Supplemental Allowance program the value of a housing allowance under 
this section shall be excluded from any calculation of income, assets, 
or resources.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--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'' and inserting 
        a semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (19)(B), by striking the period and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(20) allowance covered by section 403(k)(4) of title 37, 
        United States Code.''.
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