United States HR 351: COLA’s Don’t Count Act of 2021

Bill Text

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117THCONGRESS 
1
STSESSION 
H. R. 351 
To  amend  the  Food  and  Nutrition  Act  of  2008  to  exclude  from  income,  
for  the  purpose  of  determining  eligibility  and  benefits,  income  received  
from  cost  of  living  adjustments  made  under  titles  II  and  XVI  of  the  
Social  Security  Act  and  from  supplementary  payments  received  under  
section 1616 of such Act. 
IN  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  
JANUARY19, 2021 
Ms. M
OOREof Wisconsin introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Agriculture 
A  BILL  
To  amend  the  Food  and  Nutrition  Act  of  2008  to  exclude  
from  income,  for  the  purpose  of  determining  eligibility  
and  benefits,  income  received  from  cost  of  living  adjust-
ments  made  under  titles  II  and  XVI  of  the  Social  Secu-
rity   Act   and   from   supplementary   payments   received   
under section 1616 of such Act. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This  Act  may  be  cited  as  the  ‘‘COLA’s  Don’t  Count  4
Act of 2021’’. 5
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SEC. 2. AMENDMENT. 1
Section  5(d)  of  the  Food  and  Nutrition  Act  of  2008  2
(7 U.S.C. 2014(d)) of such Act— 3
(1)  in  paragraph  (18)  by  striking  ‘‘and’’  at  the  4
end, 5
(2)  by  redesignating  paragraph  (19)  as  para-6
graph (20), and 7
(3)  by  inserting  after  paragraph  (18)  the  fol-8
lowing: 9
‘‘(19)  income  attributable  to  cost  of  living  ad-10
justments  received  under  title  II  or  XVI  of  the  So-11
cial  Security  Act  (42  U.S.C.  401  et  seq.),  and  sup-12
plementary  payments  received  under  section  1616  of  13
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382e); and’’. 14
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 15
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 16
take effect on October 1, 2021. 17
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