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Keep Kupuna Fed Act

S. 2579 · 118th Congress · Jul 27, 2023 · Lineage

A BILL

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

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.