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Sec. 5 · S. 3958

Consolidated block grant for Puerto Rico and American Samoa

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Section 19 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2028) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting until the end of the period described in section 4(a) of the Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act, before the Commonwealth; (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) in subparagraph (A)— (I) in clause (i), by striking and at the end, and (II) in clause (ii)— (aa) by inserting ending at the end of the period described in section 4(a) of the Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act after thereafter; (bb) by striking the period at the end and inserting; and; and (cc) by adding at the end the following: (iii) subject to the availability of appropriations under section 18(a), for each fiscal year beginning after the end of the period described in section 4(a) of the Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act, 0.4 percent of the aggregate amount specified in clause (i) and adjusted under clause (ii), as further adjusted by the percentage by which the thrifty food plan has been adjusted under section 3(u)(3) between June 30 of the penultimate fiscal year preceding such effective date and June 30 of the fiscal year for which the adjustment is made under this clause.; (ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), in the matter preceding subclause (I), by inserting ending at the end of the period described in section 4(a) of the Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act after thereafter; and (iii) in subparagraph (C)— (I) by striking For and inserting the following: (i) In general For; (II) in clause (i) (as so designated), by inserting ending at the end of the period described in section 4(a) of the Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act after thereafter; and (III) by adding at the end the following: (ii) Full use of funds For each fiscal year beginning after the end of the period described in section 4(a) of the Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act, the Secretary shall use 100 percent of the funds made available under subparagraph (A) for payment to American Samoa to pay 100 percent of the expenditures by American Samoa for a nutrition assistance program extended under section 601(c) of Public Law 96–597 (48 U.S.C. 1469d(c)).; and (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting until the end of the period described in section 4(a) of the Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act, before pay to; and (2) in subsection (b)(1)(A), in the first sentence, by striking In order to receive payments under this Act for any fiscal year and inserting Until the end of the period described in section 4(a) of the Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act, to receive payments under this Act for a fiscal year.

Sec. 5: Consolidated block grant for Puerto Rico and American Samoa · Public Law Tracker