,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ejch  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #af1 
#bjbj,ms4 ,duckworth 7for herself and   
,mr4 ,durbin7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,agriculture1      
,nutrition1 and ,forestry  ,a ,,bill    
,to amend the ,food and ,nutrition ,act 
of #bjjh to modify the definition of a  
household under the supplemental        
nutrition assistance program1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,supportive    
,living ,food ,access ,protection ,act  
of #bjbj4  #b4 ,definitions of food and 
household ,section #c of the ,food and  
,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4  
#bjab7 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection  
7k77#c71 by inserting residential care  
settings provided funds by the          
appropriate ,state agency under         
regulations issued under section        
#aiae7;c7 of the ,social ,security ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acifn7c771 before public

 or private2 and  7#b7 in subsection    
7m77#e71 by adding at the end the       
following3  7,f7 7i7 ,individuals who   
are #fj years of age or over or who     
receive supplemental security income    
benefits or disability or blindness     
payments under title ,i1 ,,ii1 ,x1      
,,xiv1 or ,,xvi of the ,social ,security
 ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cja et seq47 who  
reside in a residential care setting    
provided funds by the appropriate ,state
 agency under regulations issued under  
section #aiae7;c7 of the ,social        
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#acifn7c772 and  7ii7 the spouses of    
those individuals if the spouse resides 
in a residential care setting described 
in clause 7i74  4  #c4 ,issuance and use
 of program benefits ,section           
#g7;f77#b77;,b77ii7 of the ,food and    
,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4  
#bjaf7;f77#b77;,b77ii77 is amended by   
inserting and residential care settings 
provided funds by the appropriate ,state
 agency under regulations issued under  

section #aiae7;c7 of the ,social        
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acifn7c77
 before the period at the end4  #d4     
,review of program operations  7a7 ,in  
general ,section #i7;i77#b7 of the ,food
 and ,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g       
,u4,s4,c4 #bjah7;i77#b77 is amended by  
striking ,december #ca1 #bjbj and       
inserting the date that is #a year after
 the date of enactment of the           
,supportive ,living ,food ,access       
,protection ,act of #bjbj4  7b7         
,regulations ,the ,secretary shall      
promulgate any regulations necessary to 
carry out the amendment made by         
subsection 7a7 not later than #a year   
after the date of enactment of this     
,act4