,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #chja  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ag1 #bjai,mrs4
 ,davis of ,california 7for herself and 
,mr4 ,young7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend title #cg1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to establish a basic     
needs allowance for low-income regular  
members of the ,army1 ,navy1 ,marine    
,corps1 and ,air ,force4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,military ,hunger ,prevention ,act4  #b4
 ,basic needs allowance for low-income  
regular members  7a7 ,in general        
,chapter #g of title #cg1 ,united       
,states ,code1 is amended by inserting  
after section #djb;a the following new  
section3  #djb;b4 ,basic needs allowance
 for low-income regular members  7a7    
,allowance required  7#a7 ,subject to   
paragraph 7#b71 the ,secretary of       
,defense shall pay to each covered      
member a basic needs allowance in the   

amount determined for such member under 
subsection 7b74  7#b7 ,in the event a   
household contains two or more covered  
members entitled to receive the         
allowance under this section in a given 
year1 only one allowance may be paid for
 that year to a covered member among    
such covered members whom such covered  
members shall jointly elect4  7b7       
,amount of allowance for a covered      
member  7#a7 ,the amount of the monthly 
allowance payable to a covered member   
under subsection 7a7 for a year shall be
 the aggregate amount equal to--  7,a7  
the aggregate amount equal to-- 7i7 #acj
 percent of the ,federal poverty        
guidelines of the ,department of ,health
 and ,human ,services for the location  
and number of persons in the household  
of the covered member for such year2    
minus  7ii7 the gross household income  
of the covered member during the        
preceding year2 and  7,b7 divided by    
#ab4  7#b7 ,the monthly allowance       
payable to a covered member for a year  

shall be payable for each of the #ab    
months following ,march of such year4   
7c7 ,notice of eligibility  7#a7  7,a7  
,not later than ,december #ca each year1
 the ,director of the ,defense ,finance 
and ,accounting ,service shall notify1  
in writing1 each individual whom the    
,director estimates will be a covered   
member during the following year of the 
potential entitlement of that individual
 to the allowance described in          
subsection 7a7 for that following year4 
7,b7 ,the preliminary notice under      
subparagraph 7,a7 shall include         
information regarding financial         
management and assistance programs      
administered by the ,secretary of       
,defense for which a covered member is  
eligible4  7#b7 ,not later than ,january
 #ca each year1 each individual who     
seeks to receive the allowance for such 
year 7whether or not subject to a notice
 for such year under paragraph 7#a77    
shall submit to the ,director such      
information as the ,director shall      

require for purposes of this section in 
order to determine whether or not such  
individual is a covered member for such 
year4  7#c7 ,not later than ,february   
#bh each year1 the ,director shall      
notify1 in writing1 each individual the 
,director determines to be a covered    
member for such year4  7d7 ,election not
 ,to receive allowance  7#a7 ,a covered 
member otherwise entitled to receive the
 allowance under subsection 7a7 for a   
year may elect1 in writing1 not to      
receive the allowance for such year4    
,any election under this subsection     
shall be effective only for the year for
 which made4 ,any election for a year   
under this subsection is irrevocable4   
7#b7 ,a covered member who does not     
submit information described in         
subsection 7d77#b7 for a year as        
otherwise required by that subsection   
shall be deemed to have elected not to  
receive the allowance for such year4    
7e7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 
,the term covered member means a regular

 member of the ,army1 ,navy1 ,marine    
,corps1 or ,air ,force--  7,a7 who has  
completed initial entry training2  7,b7 
whose gross household income during the 
most recent year did not exceed an      
amount equal to #acj percent of the     
,federal poverty guidelines of the      
,department of ,health and ,human       
,services for the location and number of
 persons in the household of the covered
 member for such year2 and  7,c7 who    
does not elect under subsection 7d7 not 
to receive the allowance for such year4 
7#b7 ,the term gross household income of
 a covered member for a year for        
purposes of paragraph 7#a77;,b7 does not
 include any basic allowance for housing
 received by the covered member 7and any
 dependents of the covered member in the
 household of the covered member7 during
 such year under section #djc of this   
title4  7f7 ,regulations ,the ,secretary
 of ,defense shall prescribe regulations
 for the administration of this section4
 ,subject to subsection 7e77#b71 such   

regulations shall specify the income to 
be included in1 and excluded from1 the  
gross household income of individuals   
for purposes of this section4  4  7b7   
,clerical amendment ,the table of       
sections at the beginning of chapter #g 
of such title is amended by inserting   
after the item relating to section      
#djb;a the following new item3  #djb;b4 
,basic needs allowance for low-income   
regular members4  4