COLA’s Don’t Count Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 5484 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 DECEMBER 18, 2019 Ms. MOORE 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 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:39 Dec 28, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5484.IH H5484 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 5484 IH 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, 2020. 17 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:39 Dec 28, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H5484.IH H5484 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS