COLAs Don’t Count Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6986 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6986 To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exclude from income, for the purpose of determining eligibility and benefits, increased income received from cost of living adjustments made under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act, section 3(a)(1) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231b(a)(1)), or section 5312 of title 38 of the United States Code, and income received from supplementary payments received under section 1616 of the Social Security Act. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 8, 2026 Ms. Moore of Wisconsin (for herself, Ms. Chu, Ms. Balint, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Scott of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exclude from income, for the purpose of determining eligibility and benefits, increased income received from cost of living adjustments made under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act, section 3(a)(1) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231b(a)(1)), or section 5312 of title 38 of the United States Code, and income received from supplementary payments received under section 1616 of the Social Security 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 ``COLAs Don't Count Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. Section 5(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(d)) is amended-- (1) is by amending paragraph (12) to read as follows: ``(12) through September 30 of any fiscal year any increase in income attributable to a cost-of-living adjustment made on