Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Training and Nutrition Stability Act”.
Training and Nutrition Stability
A BILL
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exempt workforce training dollars as income for supplemental nutrition assistance program beneficiaries.
Sec. 2 Amendment to the supplemental nutrition assistance program
Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014) is amended by striking subsection (l).
Sec. 3 Exclusion for income from employment and training program
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” at the end,
in paragraph (19) by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”, and
by adding at the end the following:
“(20) Income a household member receives from allowances, earning, and payments to household members participating in any program defined in section 6(o)(1), any program established under section 6(d)(4), any vocational rehabilitation program established and defined under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and any refugee employment program established and defined under section 412(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.”