Transition from the consolidated block grant for Puerto Rico

(a) Covered period The Secretary may continue to implement the then most recent approved consolidated block grant specified in section 19(b)(1)(A) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2028(b)(1)(A)) for an implementation period ending 5 years after the effective date of the amendments made by this Act, or on the date the Secretary determines that the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico no longer needs to operate the consolidated block grant to complete the transition described in section 3(a), whichever occurs first. (b) Report For each year a plan is continued under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the Congress an annual report on the operation of such plan. The Secretary shall include in such report information related to increases in funding that are required to accommodate the transition of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from the receipt of block grant payments to the implementation of supplemental nutrition assistance program.