[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 90 (Monday, June 8, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3866]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1798. Mrs. BOXER (for herself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Murphy, Mr. 
Blumenthal, Ms. Baldwin, and Mrs. Murray) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to 
the bill H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table, as follows:

       At the end of subtitle A of title VI, add the following:

     SEC. 608. TREATMENT OF RECEIPT OF BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING 
                   UNDER NUTRITION PROGRAMS.

       Section 403(k) of title 37, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(4) In determining the eligibility to participate in the 
     supplemental nutrition assistance program, the Family 
     Subsistence Supplemental Allowance (FSSA) program, and other 
     Federal nutrition programs, the value of a housing allowance 
     under this section shall be excluded from any calculation of 
     income, assets, or resources.''.
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