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HR 5484 116th Congress House Agriculture and Food Food assistance and relief Inflation and prices Medicaid Medicare Nutrition and diet Poverty and welfare assistance Wages and earnings

COLA’s Don’t Count Act of 2019

Introduced: December 18, 2019 Introduced by: Moore, Gwen Democratic · Wisconsin See on congress.gov
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Jan 13, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
Dec 18, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Dec 18, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

COLA's Don't Count Act of 2019

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.

What's happening now January 13, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5484: COLA’s Don’t Count Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5484/
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"H.R. 5484: COLA’s Don’t Count Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5484/.
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H.R. 5484, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5484/.
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