S.Amdt. 2601

SA 2601. Ms. AYOTTE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 3304, to authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Bennie G. Adkins and Donald P. Sloat of the United States Army for acts of valor during the Vietnam Conflict and to authorize the award of the Medal of Honor to certain other veterans who were previously recommended for award of the Medal of Honor; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

SEC. __. REPEAL OF ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT OF RETIRED PAY FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES UNDER THE AGE OF 62.

(a) Repeal.--Effective immediately after the enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, section 403 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 is repealed.

(b) Standard Utility Allowances Based on the Receipt of Energy Assistance Payments.--

(1) Standard utility allowance.--Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014) is amended--

(A) in subsection (e)(6)(C), by striking clause (iv); and

(B) in subsection (k), by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:

“(4) Third party energy assistance payments.--For purposes of subsection (d)(1), a payment made under a State law (other than a law referred to in paragraph (2)(G)) to provide energy assistance to a household shall be considered money payable directly to the household.”.

(2) Conforming amendments.--Section 2605(f)(2) of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8624(f)(2)) is amended--

(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “and for purposes of determining any excess shelter expense deduction under section 5(e) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(e))”; and

(B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: “ , except that such payments or allowances shall not be considered to be expended for purposes of determining any excess shelter expense deduction under section 5(e)(6) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(6))”.