,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #begi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bg1     
#bjbc ,ms4 ,hirono 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 exclude from
 income certain funds received under the
 ,social ,security ,act4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,keep ,kupuna ,fed ,act4  #b4 ,amendment
  7a7 ,in general ,section #e7;d7 of the
 ,food and ,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g 
,u4,s4,c4 #bjad7;d77 is amended--  7#a7 
in paragraph 7#ah7 by striking and at   
the end1  7#b7 in paragraph 7#ai7 by    
striking the period at the end and      
inserting 2 and1 and  7#c7 by adding at 
the end the following3  7#bj7 any       
payment 7including a retroactive        
lump-sum payment or a lump-sum death    
payment1 provided that such a lump-sum  
payment shall be counted as resources   

unless specifically excluded by other   
laws7 received under title ,,ii of the  
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#dja et seq474  4  7b7 ,conforming      
amendments ,section #e7;d7 of the ,food 
and ,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g        
,u4,s4,c4 #bjad7;d771 as amended by     
subsection 7a71 is further amended--    
7#a7 in paragraph 7#h71 by striking     
social security or2  7#b7 in paragraph  
7#ab71 by striking title ,,ii or ,,xvi  
and inserting title ,,xvi2 and  7#c7 by 
striking title ,i1 ,,ii and inserting   
title ,i14  #c4 ,effective date ,this   
,act and the amendments made by this    
,act shall take effect #ij days after   
the date of enactment of this ,act4