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To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require the exclusion of combat pay from income for purposes of determining eligibility for child nutrition programs and the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

March 12, 2009CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Mr. BENNET (for himself, Mr. CASEY, Mr. JOHANNS, and Mr. SANDERS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require the exclusion of combat pay from income for purposes of determining eligibility for child nutrition programs and the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘Military Family Nutrition Protection Act of 2009’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. INCOME ELIGIBILITY.

(a) Child Nutrition Programs- Section 9(b) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(14) COMBAT PAY-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) DEFINITION OF COMBAT PAY- In this paragraph, the term ‘combat pay’ means any additional payment under chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, or otherwise designated by the Secretary to be appropriate for exclusion under this paragraph, that is received by or from a member of the United States Armed Forces deployed to a designated combat zone, if the additional pay--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(i) is the result of deployment to or service in a combat zone; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(ii) was not received immediately prior to serving in a combat zone.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) EXCLUSION- Combat pay shall not be considered to be income for the purpose of determining the eligibility for free or reduced price meals of a child who is a member of the household of a member of the United States Armed Forces.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children- Section 17(d)(2) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(d)(2)) is amended--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(C) COMBAT PAY- For the purpose of determining income eligibility under this section, a State agency shall exclude from income any additional payment under chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, or otherwise designated by the Secretary to be appropriate for exclusion under this subparagraph, that is received by or from a member of the United States Armed Forces deployed to a designated combat zone, if the additional pay--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(i) is the result of deployment to or service in a combat zone; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(ii) was not received immediately prior to serving in a combat zone.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink