[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2579 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2579

  To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exclude from income 
         certain funds received under the Social Security Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 27, 2023

  Ms. Hirono introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exclude from income 
         certain funds received under 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 ``Keep Kupuna Fed Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    (a) In General.--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'' at the end,
            (2) in paragraph (19) by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and'', and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(20) any payment (including a retroactive lump-sum 
        payment or a lump-sum death payment, provided that such a lump-
        sum payment shall be counted as resources unless specifically 
        excluded by other laws) received under title II of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 5(d) of the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(d)), as amended by subsection (a), is 
further amended--
            (1) in paragraph (8), by striking ``social security or'';
            (2) in paragraph (12), by striking ``title II or XVI'' and 
        inserting ``title XVI''; and
            (3) by striking ``title I, II'' and inserting ``title I,''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 90 
days after the date of enactment of this Act.
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