State cost share delay

Section 4(a)(2)(B) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2013(a)(2)(B)) is amended— (1) in clause (i), in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking clause (iii), beginning in fiscal year 2028 and inserting clauses (iii) and (iv), beginning in fiscal year 2029 and for each fiscal year thereafter; (2) in clause (ii)— (A) in subclause (I)— (i) in the subclause heading, by striking 2028 and inserting 2029; (ii) by striking 2028 and inserting 2029; and (iii) by striking 2025 or 2026 and inserting 2026 or 2027; and (B) in subclause (II)— (i) in the subclause heading, by striking 2029 and inserting 2030; and (ii) by striking 2029 and inserting 2030; (3) in clause (iii)— (A) by striking subclause (II); (B) by striking the clause designation and heading and all that follows through fiscal year 2025 in subclause (I) and inserting the following: (iii) Delayed implementation If, for each of fiscal years 2025 and 2026; and (C) by striking 2029 and inserting 2030; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (iv) State share If, for fiscal year 2031 and each fiscal year thereafter, the payment error rate of a State as determined under clause (ii) is equal to or greater than 10 percent, the Federal share of the cost of the allotment described in paragraph (1) for that State in that fiscal year shall be 80 percent, and the State share shall be 20 percent..