Sec. 4. Online supplemental nutrition assistance program
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In this section, the term program means the supplemental nutrition assistance program established under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.). Not later than August 15, 2020, the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service, shall distribute grants to State agencies that administer the program in the State to develop tools and provide technical assistance— to increase the quantity of retailers that accept and redeem program benefits online; and to expand the capacity of retailers to accept and redeem program benefits online.
In using a grant received under paragraph (1), a State agency shall give priority, and use not less than 25 percent of the grant funds, to assist— farmers markets, food hubs, agricultural and consumer cooperatives, producer associations, nonprofit organizations, and for-profit entities focused primarily on marketing locally grown food; and retailers in food deserts that sold less than $500,000 in food products in the preceding year. The amount of a grant distributed under paragraph
(1)shall not exceed $2,500,000. There is appropriated to the Secretary, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $100,000,000 to carry out subsection (b), to remain available until expended. The amounts provided by this subsection are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 ( 2 U.S.C. 933(g) ). In the Senate, this subsection is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.
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