[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 8, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3654]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4568. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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 I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING AND CERTAIN FEDERAL 
                   BENEFITS.

       (a) Exclusion.--Section 403(k) of title 37, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(4) In determining eligibility to participate in the 
     supplemental nutrition assistance program established under 
     the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) 
     and the Family Subsistence Supplemental Allowance program, 
     the value of a housing allowance under this section shall be 
     excluded from any calculation of income, assets, or 
     resources.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--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'' and inserting 
     a semicolon;
       (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) any allowance described in section 403(k)(4) of 
     title 37, United States Code.''.
                                 ______