Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Military Hunger Prevention Act”.
Military Hunger Prevention Act
A BILL
To amend title 37, United States Code, to exclude the receipt of basic allowance for housing for members of the Armed Forces in determining eligibility for certain Federal benefits, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Basic allowance for housing and certain Federal benefits
Exclusion of basic allowance for housing— Section 403(k) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(4) In determining eligibility to participate in any Federal program issuing benefits for nutrition assistance (including the Family Subsistence Supplemental Allowance program under section 402a of this title), the value of a housing allowance under this section shall be excluded from any calculation of income, assets, or resources.”
Conforming amendments— Section 5(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(d)) is amended—
in paragraph (18), by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon;
in paragraph (19)(B), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(20) any allowance under section 403 of title 37, United States Code.”