[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3190 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3190

   To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exclude as income 
certain payments received by household members from certain employment 
                   programs, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 1, 2023

Mrs. Gillibrand (for herself and Mr. Ricketts) 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 the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exclude as income 
certain payments received by household members from certain employment 
                   programs, 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 ``Training and Nutrition Stability Act 
of 2023''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN INCOME FROM EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 
              PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2014) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (18), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (19)(B), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(20) any payment, income, allowance, or earnings made to 
        household members derived from--
                    ``(A) any work program (as defined in section 
                6(o)(1)), unless the work program is established 
                under--
                            ``(i) the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational 
                        Assistance Improvements Act of 2010 (Public Law 
                        111-377; 124 Stat. 4106) or amendments made by 
                        that Act;
                            ``(ii) the Harry W. Colmery Veterans 
                        Educational Assistance Act of 2017 (Public Law 
                        115-48; 131 Stat. 973) or amendments made by 
                        that Act; or
                            ``(iii) the COVID-19 Veterans Rapid 
                        Retraining Assistance Program;
                    ``(B) any employment and training program (as 
                defined in paragraph (4) of section 6(d)) established 
                pursuant to that section;
                    ``(C) any vocational rehabilitation program (as 
                defined in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and 
                Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102)); or
                    ``(D) any refugee employment program established 
                under section 412(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 
                Act (8 U.S.C. 1522(c)).'';
            (2) by striking subsection (l); and
            (3) by redesignating subsections (m) and (n) as subsections 
        (l) and (m), respectively.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 6(s)(2) of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(s)(2)) is amended by striking 
``(m), and (n)'' and inserting ``and (m)''.
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