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to deployment to a designated combat zone, all of the military pay would be counted as income to the household for SNAP benefits purposes. Any portion of the amount that exceeds the amount the household was receiving prior to deployment of the military person to a designated combat zone is excluded when determining the household’s income for SNAP benefits purposes. d. The deployed person’s military pay record, the Leave and Earnings Statement (LES), can be used to verify if combat pay is being received, if the deployment is to a combat zone, and the amount of combat pay. Military orders can also be used to establish deployment. Although the LES is usually sent to the military person’s family back home, this is not always the case. If the applicant household does not have the LES, the household can obtain the income information for this deployed person through the web or the local military base’s financial office. e. For SNAP benefits, this policy is retroactive to October 1, 2004. Any household that had an increase in income as a result of the deployment of the service member to a designated combat zone that was counted in their SNAP benefits case as of October 1, 2004, is entitled to restoration of lost benefits. Determine at the household’s next recertification if they are due a restoration unless the household requests a review of their case prior to recertification. f. The following are the Combat Zone Tax Exclusion Areas:

(1) Executive Order 12744 (effective January 17, 1991) established the Arabian Sea Portion that lies North of 10 degrees North Latitude and West of 68 degrees East Longitude, which includes:

• Bahrain • Gulf of Aden • Gulf of Oman • Iraq • Kuwait • Persian Gulf • Qatar • Oman • Red Sea • Saudi Arabia • United Arab Emirates

(2) Direct Support of Executive Order 12744 established the following:

• Turkey - effective January 1, 2003 • Israel - effective January 1 to July 31, 2003 • Eastern Med - effective March 19 to July 31, 2003 • Jordan - effective March 19, 2003 • Egypt - effective March 19 to April 20, 2003