Sec. 60606. Supplemental nutrition assistance program

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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning on June 1, 2020, and for each subsequent month through September 30, 2021, the value of benefits determined under section 8(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2017(a) ), and consolidated block grants for Puerto Rico and American Samoa determined under section 19(a) of such Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2028(a) ), shall be calculated using 115 percent of the June 2019 value of the thrifty food plan (as defined in section 3 of such Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2012 )) if the value of the benefits and block grants would be greater under that calculation than in the absence of this subsection.

The minimum value of benefits determined under section 8(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2017(a) ) for a household of not more than 2 members shall be $30. Paragraph

(1)shall remain in effect until the date on which 8 percent of the value of the thrifty food plan for a household containing 1 member, rounded to the nearest whole dollar increment, is equal to or greater than $30. In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall— consider the benefit increases described in each of subsections

(a)and

(b)to be a mass change ; require a simple process for States to notify households of the increase in benefits; consider section 16(c)(3)(A) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2025(c)(3)(A) ) to apply to any errors in the implementation of this section, without regard to the 120-day limit described in that section; disregard the additional amount of benefits that a household receives as a result of this section in determining the amount of overissuances under section 13 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2022 ); and set the tolerance level for excluding small errors for the purposes of section 16(c) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2025(c) ) at $50 through September 30, 2021. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the requirements under subsections (d)(1)(A)(ii) and

(o)of section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2015 ) shall not be in effect during the period beginning on June 1, 2020, and ending 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act. For the costs of State administrative expenses associated with carrying out this section and administering the supplemental nutrition assistance program established under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), the Secretary shall make available $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 and $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2021. Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall make available to States amounts for fiscal year 2020 under paragraph (1). Funds described in paragraph

(1)shall be made available as grants to State agencies for each fiscal year as follows: 75 percent of the amounts available for each fiscal year shall be allocated to States based on the share of each State of households that participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program as reported to the Department of Agriculture for the most recent 12-month period for which data are available, adjusted by the Secretary (as of the date of the enactment of this Act) for participation in disaster programs under section 5(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2014(h) ); and 25 percent of the amounts available for each fiscal year shall be allocated to States based on the increase in the number of households that participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program as reported to the Department of Agriculture over the most recent 12-month period for which data are available, adjusted by the Secretary (as of the date of the enactment of this Act) for participation in disaster programs under section 5(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2014(h) ). No funds (including fees) made available under this Act or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used to finalize, implement, administer, enforce, carry out, or otherwise give effect to— the final rule entitled Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Requirements for Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents published in the Federal Register on December 5, 2019 (84 Fed. Reg. 66782); the proposed rule entitled Revision of Categorical Eligibility in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

(SNAP)published in the Federal Register on July 24, 2019 (84 Fed. Reg. 35570); or the proposed rule entitled Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Standardization of State Heating and Cooling Standard Utility Allowances published in the Federal Register on October 3, 2019 (84 Fed. Reg. 52809). A Federal pandemic unemployment compensation payment made to an individual under section 2104 of the CARES Act ( Public Law 116–136 ) 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 the purpose of determining eligibility for such individual or any other individual for benefits or assistance, or the amount of benefits or assistance, under any programs authorized under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.). Not later than 10 days after the date of the receipt or issuance of each document listed below, the Secretary shall make publicly available on the website of the Department of Agriculture the following documents: Any State agency request to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program online program under section 7(k). Any State agency request to waive, adjust, or modify statutory or regulatory requirements under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 related to the COVID–19 outbreak. The Secretary’s approval or denial of each such request under paragraphs

(1)or (2). There are hereby appropriated to the Secretary, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.

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