,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fihf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #h1         
#bjbf,ms4 ,moore of ,wisconsin 7for     
herself1 ,ms4 ,chu1 ,ms4 ,balint1 ,ms4  
,brownley1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,ms4 ,norton1   
and ,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,agriculture  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend the ,food and         
,nutrition ,act of #bjjh to exclude from
 income1 for the purpose of determining 
eligibility and benefits1 increased     
income received from cost of living     
adjustments made under titles ,,ii and  
,,xvi of the ,social ,security ,act1    
section #c7;a77#a7 of the ,railroad     
,retirement ,act of #aigd 7#de ,u4,s4,c4
 #bca;b7a77#a771 or section #ecab of    
title #ch of the ,united ,states ,code1 
and income received from supplementary  
payments received under section #afaf of
 the ,social ,security ,act4  #a4 ,short
 title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,c,o,l,as ,don't ,count ,act of #bjbf4  

#b4 ,amendments ,section #e7;d7 of the  
,food and ,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g  
,u4,s4,c4 #bjad7;d77 is amended--  7#a7 
is by amending paragraph 7#ab7 to read  
as follows3  7#ab7 through ,september   
#cj of any fiscal year any increase in  
income attributable to a cost-of-living 
adjustment made on or after ,january    
#ast of such fiscal year under title    
,,ii or ,,xvi of the ,social ,security  
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dja et seq41 #acha 
et seq471 section #c7;a77#a7 of the     
,railroad ,retirement ,act of #aigd 7#de
 ,u4,s4,c4 #bca;b7a77#a771 or section   
#ecab of title #ch of the ,united       
,states ,code1 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       
effective2  1  7#b7 in paragraph 7#ah7  
by striking and at the end1  7#c7 by    
redesignating paragraph 7#ai7 as        
paragraph 7#bj71 and  7#d7 by inserting 

after paragraph 7#ah7 the following3    
7#ai7 supplementary payments received   
under section #afaf of the ,social      
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #achb;e72 
and  4  #c4 ,effective date ,this ,act  
and the amendments made by this ,act    
shall take effect on ,october #a1 #bjbg4