118 S497 IS: Military Family Nutrition Access Act of 2023 U.S. Senate 2023-02-16 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II118th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 497IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESFebruary 16, 2023Ms. 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 ForestryA BILLTo 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.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Military Family Nutrition Access Act of 2023.

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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..