NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

SEC. 704. NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. (a) COVID–19 Response Funding.—In addition to amounts otherwise made available, $614,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2021, shall be available for the Secretary of Agriculture to provide grants to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and American Samoa for nutrition assistance in response to a COVID-19 public health emergency, of which $14,000,000 shall be available for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. (b) Additional Funding.—In addition to any other funds made available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2027, for the Secretary of Agriculture to provide grants to the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and American Samoa for nutrition assistance, of which $30,000,000 shall be available to provide grants to the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands for such assistance.