[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2974 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2974

    To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exempt workforce 
   training dollars as income for supplemental nutrition assistance 
                         program beneficiaries.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 21, 2025

  Mr. Espaillat (for himself, Mr. Bresnahan, Ms. Adams, Mr. Miller of 
Ohio, and Mr. Bacon) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                    to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exempt workforce 
   training dollars as income for supplemental nutrition assistance 
                         program beneficiaries.

    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''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014) is 
amended by striking subsection (l).

SEC. 3. EXCLUSION FOR INCOME FROM EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAM.

    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) by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and'', and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(20) Income a household member receives from allowances, 
        earning, and payments to household members participating in any 
        program defined in section 6(o)(1), any program established 
        under section 6(d)(4), any vocational rehabilitation program 
        established and defined under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 
        and any refugee employment program established and defined 
        under section 412(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.''.
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