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HR 1078 115th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Food assistance and relief Housing finance and home ownership Military personnel and dependents

Military Hunger Prevention Act

Introduced: March 1, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 23, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Mar 10, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
Feb 15, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 15, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Military Hunger Prevention Act

This bill excludes the value of a housing allowance for a member of a uniformed service from any income, assets, or resources calculation for determining eligibility for any federal program issuing benefits for nutrition assistance (including the family subsistence supplemental allowance program).

What's happening now March 23, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2488 Identical bill Military Hunger Prevention Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 36
All 36 Democratic 31 Republican 2
D
Carson, André
Indiana · May 10, 2018
MacArthur, Thomas
· Mar 1, 2018
 D
Boyle, Brendan F.
Pennsylvania · Jan 30, 2018
 D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · Nov 30, 2017
 D
Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Oct 6, 2017
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Oct 6, 2017
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Oct 6, 2017
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Oct 6, 2017
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Oct 6, 2017
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Oct 6, 2017
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Oct 6, 2017
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Oct 6, 2017
 D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Oct 6, 2017
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Oct 6, 2017
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Oct 4, 2017
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Oct 4, 2017
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Oct 2, 2017
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Oct 2, 2017
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Oct 2, 2017
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Sep 28, 2017
 D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Sep 28, 2017
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Sep 28, 2017
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Sep 28, 2017
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Sep 28, 2017
Lujan Grisham, Michelle
· Sep 28, 2017
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Sep 28, 2017
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 28, 2017
 D
Schneider, Bradley Scott
Illinois · Sep 28, 2017
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Sep 11, 2017
 R
Valadao, David G.
California · Sep 11, 2017
Love, Mia
· Jun 20, 2017
 D
Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Jun 20, 2017
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Mar 9, 2017
 D
Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Mar 8, 2017
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Feb 27, 2017
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 15, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1078: Military Hunger Prevention Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1078/
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"H.R. 1078: Military Hunger Prevention Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1078/.
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H.R. 1078, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1078/.
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