( 45 U.S.C. 352(a)(5) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (C) A recovery benefit payable under subparagraph (A) shall not be regarded as income and shall not be regarded as a resource for the month of receipt and the following 9 months, for purposes of determining the eligibility of the recipient (or the recipient’s spouse or family) for benefits or assistance, or the amount or extent of benefits or assistance, under any Federal program or under any State or local program financed in whole or in part with Federal funds. . (d) Clarification on authority to use funds Funds appropriated under either the first or second sentence of subparagraph (B) of section 2(a)(5) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act shall be available to cover the cost of recovery benefits provided under such section 2(a)(5) by reason of the amendments made by subsection (a) as well as to cover the cost of such benefits provided under such section 2(a)(5) as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act. 190603. Treatment of payments from the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account (a) In general Section 256(i)(1) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 906(i)(1) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking and at the end