August 12, 2025
Ms. Tokuda (for herself, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Norton, Ms. Salinas, Mr. Thanedar, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Fields, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Chu, Mrs. Ramirez, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Pettersen, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Brown, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Ansari, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Mr. García of Illinois, Ms. Stansbury, and Mr. Cohen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exclude from income certain funds received under the Social Security Act.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Keep Seniors Fed Act
.
Sec. 2. Amendment
Section 5(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(d)) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (18) by striking and
at the end,
(2)
in paragraph (19) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and
, and
(3)
by adding at the end the following:
(20)
income received under title II of the Social Security Act.
Sec. 3. Effective date
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.