[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6986 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6986

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exclude from income, for 
 the purpose of determining eligibility and benefits, increased income 
 received from cost of living adjustments made under titles II and XVI 
of the Social Security Act, section 3(a)(1) of the Railroad Retirement 
Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231b(a)(1)), or section 5312 of title 38 of the 
  United States Code, and income received from supplementary payments 
        received under section 1616 of the Social Security Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 8, 2026

Ms. Moore of Wisconsin (for herself, Ms. Chu, Ms. Balint, Ms. Brownley, 
   Mr. Pocan, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Scott of Virginia) 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 exclude from income, for 
 the purpose of determining eligibility and benefits, increased income 
 received from cost of living adjustments made under titles II and XVI 
of the Social Security Act, section 3(a)(1) of the Railroad Retirement 
Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231b(a)(1)), or section 5312 of title 38 of the 
  United States Code, and income received from supplementary payments 
        received under section 1616 of the Social Security Act.

    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 ``COLAs Don't Count Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    Section 5(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2014(d)) is amended--
            (1) is by amending paragraph (12) to read as follows:
            ``(12) through September 30 of any fiscal year any increase 
        in income attributable to a cost-of-living adjustment made on 
        or after January 1st of such fiscal year under title II or XVI 
        of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq., 1381 et 
        seq.), section 3(a)(1) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 
        (45 U.S.C. 231b(a)(1)), or section 5312 of title 38 of the 
        United States Code, if the household was certified as eligible 
        to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program 
        or received an allotment in the month immediately preceding the 
        first month in which the adjustment was effective;'',
            (2) in paragraph (18) by striking ``and'' at the end,
            (3) by redesignating paragraph (19) as paragraph (20), and
            (4) by inserting after paragraph (18) the following:
            ``(19) supplementary payments received under section 1616 
        of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382e); and''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on 
October 1, 2027.
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