COLAs Don’t Count Act of 2023
Latest action · Sep 26, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 28, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
COLAs Don't Count Act of 2023
This bill revises requirements for determining eligibility and benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to exclude income received from certain (1) cost-of-living adjustments under the Social Security Act and to railroad retirement and veterans' benefits, and (2) supplementary payments under the Social Security Act.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 28, 2023 to Mar 26, 2024; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Jul 28, 2023 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jul 28, 2023 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Jul 28, 2023 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | Jul 28, 2023 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Jul 28, 2023 |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Original | Jul 28, 2023 |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Original | Jul 28, 2023 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | Jul 28, 2023 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Jul 28, 2023 |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Original | Jul 28, 2023 |
| D-VI | Stacey E. Plaskett | Original | Jul 28, 2023 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Jul 28, 2023 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Jul 28, 2023 |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Aug 4, 2023 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Aug 11, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Aug 15, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Aug 18, 2023 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Aug 22, 2023 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Aug 29, 2023 | |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Sep 1, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Sep 20, 2023 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Sep 27, 2023 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Nov 3, 2023 | |
| D-VT | Becca Balint | Mar 26, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Jul 28, 2023 |
| Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee | Referred Sep 26, 2023 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 26, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
- Jul 28, 2023Introduced in House
- Jul 28, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 131, July 28, 2023, page H4152.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF12664 | How Does the Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Impact Households’ SNAP Benefits? | Resource | May 10, 2024 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3806 | COLAs Don’t Count Act of 2024 | Related bill | Feb 27, 2024 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- COLAs Don’t Count Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 28, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
