Sec. 4601. P–EBT Program Extension

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Section 1101 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116–127; 7 U.S.C. 2011 note) is amended— in subsection (a)— by striking fiscal year 2020 and inserting fiscal years 2020 and 2021 ; and by inserting or has reduced the number of days or hours that students attend the school after school is closed ; in subsection (b), in the first sentence, by inserting and, as applicable, households with children eligible for assistance under subsection

(h)after children ; in subsection (c), by inserting or has reduced the number of days or hours that students attend the school after school that is closed ; in subsection (f)— by striking To facilitate and inserting the following: To facilitate ; and by adding at the end the following: A State agency may use simplifying assumptions and the best feasibly available data to provide benefits to and establish benefit levels and eligibility periods for eligible children and children eligible for assistance under subsection

(h)for purposes of this section. ; by redesignating subsections

(h)and

(i)as subsections

(i)and (j), respectively; by inserting after subsection

(g)the following: Beginning on October 1, 2020, subject to an approved State agency plan under subsection

(b)or an approved amendment to such a plan, in any case in which, during a public health emergency designation, a covered child care facility is closed or has reduced attendance or hours for at least 5 consecutive days, or 1 or more schools in the area of a covered child care facility are closed or have reduced attendance or hours for at least 5 consecutive days, each household containing at least 1 child enrolled in such a covered child care facility and the supplemental nutrition assistance program established under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) shall be eligible to receive assistance, in accordance with paragraph (2), until covered child care facilities or schools in the area reopen or operate at full attendance and hours, as applicable, as determined by the State agency. A household shall receive benefits under paragraph

(1)in an amount that is equal to at least 1 breakfast and 1 lunch at the free rate for each child enrolled in a covered child care facility for each day that the child does not attend the facility because the facility is closed or operating with reduced attendance or hours. A State shall not be required to provide assistance under this subsection in order to provide assistance to eligible children under a State agency plan under subsection (b). ; in subsection

(i)(as so redesignated)— in each of paragraphs

(1)through (3), by inserting a paragraph heading, the text of which comprises the term defined in that paragraph; by redesignating paragraphs

(1)through

(3)as paragraphs (2), (4), and (5), respectively; by inserting before paragraph

(2)(as so redesignated) the following: The term covered child care facility means— an organization described in subparagraph

(A)or

(B)of section 17(a)(2) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(a)(2)); and a family or group day care home. ; in paragraph

(2)(as so redesignated), by inserting or reduced attendance or hours after closure ; by inserting after paragraph

(2)(as so redesignated) the following: The term free rate means— with respect to a breakfast, the rate of a free breakfast under the school breakfast program under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773); and with respect to a lunch, the rate of a free lunch under the school lunch program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.). ; and by adding at the end the following: The term State has the meaning given the term in section 12(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(d)). ; and in subsection

(j)(as so redesignated), by inserting (including all administrative expenses) after this section .

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