Sec. 206. Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer for Children Program
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Section 13(a) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1761(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: In this paragraph: The term EBT card means an electronic benefit transfer card. The term eligible household means a household with— an income that does not exceed 200 percent of the poverty line (as defined in section 673 of the Community Services Block Grant Act ( 42 U.S.C. 9902 )); and 1 or more children. The term Program means the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer for Children Program established under subparagraph (B).
The Secretary shall establish a national program, to be known as the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer for Children Program , under which the Secretary shall issue EBT cards to eligible households to provide food assistance during the summer months. The value of an EBT card provided under the Program to an eligible household shall be $60 per month per child (adjusted for inflation). No eligible household shall receive benefits under the Program for more than 3 months in a calendar year.
Except as provided under this paragraph, the Program shall be based on the summer electronic benefit transfer for children demonstration program carried out pursuant to section 749(g) of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 ( Public Law 111–80 ; 123 Stat. 2132). WIC Subject to subclause (II), a State shall administer the Program through the supplemental nutrition assistance program established under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.).
If a State has participated in the demonstration program described in clause
(i)before the effective date specified in section 2 of the Universal School Meals Program Act of 2021 , the State may elect to administer the Program through the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children established by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1786 ). There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this paragraph such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter. .
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Sec. 206
Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer for Children Program
Pub. L.Pub. L. 111-80
Stat.123 Stat. 2132
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