COLA's Don't Count Act of 2021
This bill revises requirements for determining eligibility and benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to exclude household income received from certain cost-of-living adjustments and supplementary payments under the Social Security Act.
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exclude from income, for 
 the purpose of determining eligibility and benefits, income received 
  from cost of living adjustments made under titles II and XVI of the 
  Social Security Act and from supplementary payments received under 
                       section 1616 of such Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``COLA's Don't Count Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    Section 5(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2014(d)) of such Act--
            (1) in paragraph (18) by striking ``and'' at the end,
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (19) as paragraph (20), and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (18) the following:
            ``(19) income attributable to cost of living adjustments 
        received under title II or XVI of the Social Security Act (42 
        U.S.C. 401 et seq.), and supplementary payments received under 
        section 1616 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382e); and''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on 
October 1, 2021.
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COLA’s Don’t Count Act of 2021
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exclude from income, for the purpose of determining eligibility and benefits, income received from cost of living adjustments made under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act and from supplementary payments received under section 1616 of such Act.
COLA’s Don’t Count Act of 2021
Rep. Moore, Gwen