PANDEMIC EBT PROGRAM.

SEC. 1108. PANDEMIC EBT PROGRAM. Section 1101 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 note; Public Law 116–127) is amended—(1) in subsection (a)—(A) by striking “During fiscal years 2020 and 2021” and inserting “In any school year in which there is a public health emergency designation”; and (B) by inserting “or in a covered summer period following a school session” after “in session”; (2) in subsection (g), by striking “During fiscal year 2020, the” and inserting “The”; (3) in subsection (h)(1)—(A) by inserting “either” after “at least 1 child enrolled in such a covered child care facility and”; and (B) by inserting “or a Department of Agriculture grant-funded nutrition assistance program in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, or American Samoa” before “shall be eligible to receive assistance”; (4) by redesignating subsections (i) and (j) as subsections (j) and (k), respectively; (5) by inserting after subsection (h) the following:“(i) Emergencies During Summer.—The Secretary of Agriculture may permit a State agency to extend a State agency plan approved under subsection (b) for not more than 90 days for the purpose of operating the plan during a covered summer period, during which time schools participating in the school lunch program 135 STAT. 19 under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act or the school breakfast program under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773 ) and covered child care facilities shall be deemed closed for purposes of this section.” ; (6) in subsection (j) (as so redesignated)—(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (6) as paragraphs (3) through (7), respectively; (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:“(2) Covered summer period.—The term ‘covered summer period’ means a summer period that follows a school year during which there was a public health emergency designation.” ; and (C) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), by striking “or another coronavirus with pandemic potential”; and (7) in subsection (k) (as so redesignated), by inserting “Federal agencies,” before “State agencies”.