Amends Titles IV (Aid to Families with Dependent Children), XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act and Title 38 (Veterans' Benefits) of the United States Code to require that general cost-of-living increases in periodic benefit payments under any Federal or federally assisted program be disregarded in determining an individual's income for purposes of eligibility under such Titles.
Requires further that such cost-of-living increases be disregarded in determining an individual's eligibility for participation in the food stamp program, for housing assistance under the Housing Act of 1937, and for any other federal assistance program which conditions eligibility upon the income or resources of the applicant.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
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