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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 6986

COLAs Don’t Count Act of 2026

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Introduced 2026-01-08Topic: social services · agriculture food

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

COLAs Don't Count Act of 2026 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.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2026-05-20HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.refer
2026-01-08HouseReferred to the House Committee on Agriculture.refer
2026-01-08Introduced in Houseintroduce
2026-01-08Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-20. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.