[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2488 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2488

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, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 1, 2018

 Ms. Duckworth (for herself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Udall, Mr. Jones, Mr. 
 Van Hollen, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mrs. Murray, 
Ms. Smith, Ms. Cantwell, and Ms. Harris) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 
                        Nutrition, and Forestry

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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, and for other purposes.

    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 Basic Allowance for Housing.--Section 403(k) of 
title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph:
    ``(4) In determining eligibility to participate in any Federal 
program issuing benefits for nutrition assistance (including the Family 
Subsistence Supplemental Allowance program under section 402a of this 
title), 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) any allowance under section 403 of title 37, United 
        States Code.''.
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