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To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exclude from income, for the purpose of determining eligibility and benefits, increased income received from cost of living adjustments made under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act, section 3(a)(1) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231b(a)(1)), or section 5312 of title 38 of the United States Code, and income received from supplementary payments received under section 1616 of the Social Security Act.
Summary
This bill amends the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) to exclude cost-of-living adjustments from income calculations used to determine eligibility and benefit amounts. Specifically, it excludes increases in income from cost-of-living adjustments made to Social Security benefits, Railroad Retirement benefits, and veterans benefits, as well as supplementary Social Security payments. The exclusion applies to adjustments received during a fiscal year, as long as the household was already receiving SNAP benefits or was certified as eligible in the month before the adjustment took effect. The effect of this change is that recipients of Social Security and veterans benefits who receive annual cost-of-living adjustments will not lose SNAP eligibility or have their SNAP benefits reduced due to those adjustments. The bill becomes effective October 1, 2027.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI)
7 cosponsors
Actions (3)
- May 20, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture. · house
- Jan 8, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. · house
- Jan 8, 2026 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 8, 2026
Ms. Moore of Wisconsin (for herself, Ms. Chu, Ms. Balint, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Scott of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exclude from income, for the purpose of determining eligibility and benefits, increased income received from cost of living adjustments made under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act, section 3(a)(1) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231b(a)(1)), or section 5312 of title 38 of the United States Code, and income received from supplementary payments received under section 1616 of the Social Security Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “COLAs Don’t Count Act of 2026”.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.
Section 5(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(d)) is amended—
(1) is by amending paragraph (12) to read as follows:
“(12) through September 30 of any fiscal year any increase in income attributable to a cost-of-living adjustment made on or after January 1st of such fiscal year under title II or XVI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq., 1381 et seq.), section 3(a)(1) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231b(a)(1)), or section 5312 of title 38 of the United States Code, if the household was certified as eligible to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program or received an allotment in the month immediately preceding the first month in which the adjustment was effective;”,
(2) in paragraph (18) by striking “and” at the end,
(3) by redesignating paragraph (19) as paragraph (20), and
(4) by inserting after paragraph (18) the following:
“(19) supplementary payments received under section 1616 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382e); and”.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 2027. <all>
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