S.Amdt. 839

SA 839. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, add the following:

SEC.__. BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING AND CERTAIN FEDERAL
BENEFITS.

(a) Exclusion.--Section 403(k) of title 37, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(4) In determining eligibility to participate in the
supplemental nutrition assistance program established under
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.)
and the Family Subsistence Supplemental Allowance program,
the value of a housing allowance under this section shall be
excluded from any calculation of income, assets, or
resources.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment--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'' and inserting
a semicolon;
(2) in paragraph (19)(B), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(20) any allowance described in section 403(k)(4) of
title 37, United States Code.''.
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