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Congressional Record — Senate, S1347 (March 5, 2021)

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This Congressional Record, Senate, March 5, 2021 section lists amendments submitted to SA 891, proposed by Mr. Schumer for himself and others to H.R. 1319, each ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Lee submitted SA 1239 and SA 1240, and Mrs. Hyde-Smith submitted SA 1241. Amendment text includes a table of contents organized by committee titles and Sec. 1002, which appropriates $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2021 for SNAP online purchasing and technology improvements. Another provision makes $1,135,000,000 available for grants to each State agency for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2023.

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                                             March 5, 2021                                     CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE                                                                     S1347
                                               SA 1239. Mr. LEE submitted an                         TITLE I—COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE,                      this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’)
                                             amendment intended to be proposed to                           NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY                         for management and oversight of the pro-
                                             amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr.                        Sec. 1001. Supplemental nutrition assistance           gram; and
                                                                                                                   program.                                   (2) $1,135,000,000 shall be for the Secretary
                                             SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs.                                                                          to make grants to each State agency for
                                             MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. PETERS, Mr.                      Sec. 1002. Additional assistance for SNAP
                                                                                                                   online purchasing and tech-              each of fiscal years 2021 through 2023 as fol-
                                             CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. STABENOW,                                   nology improvements.                     lows:
                                             Mr. TESTER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.                           Sec. 1003. Additional funding for nutrition              (A) 75 percent of the amounts available
                                             SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER, Mr. LEAHY, and                                    assistance programs.                     shall be allocated to States based on the
                                             Mr. SANDERS) to the bill H.R. 1319, to                  Sec. 1004. Commodity supplemental food                 share of each State of households that par-
                                             provide for reconciliation pursuant to                                program.                                 ticipate in the supplemental nutrition assist-
                                                                                                     Sec. 1005. Improvements to WIC benefits.               ance program as reported to the Department
                                             title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was or-                                                                      of Agriculture for the most recent 12-month
                                             dered to lie on the table; as follows:                  Sec. 1006. WIC program modernization.
                                                                                                     Sec. 1007. Meals and supplements reimburse-            period for which data are available, adjusted
                                               On page 46, between lines 20 and 21, insert                         ments for individuals who have           by the Secretary (as of the date of the enact-
                                             the following:                                                        not attained the age of 25.              ment of this Act) for participation in dis-
                                               (8) an institution shall be eligible to re-           Sec. 1008. Pandemic EBT program.                       aster programs under section 5(h) of the
                                             ceive an allocation under this section only if                                                                 Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
                                                                                                        TITLE II—COMMITTEE ON BANKING,
                                             the institution has expended all funds made                                                                    2014(h)); and
                                                                                                          HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS
                                             available to the institution under section                                                                       (B) 25 percent of the amounts available
                                             18004 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136)             Sec. 2001. COVID–19 emergency medical sup-             shall be allocated to States based on the in-
                                             and section 314 of the Coronavirus Response                           plies enhancement.                       crease in the number of households that par-
                                             and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act,                TITLE III—COMMITTEE ON FINANCE                      ticipate in the supplemental nutrition assist-
                                             2021 (Public Law 116–260).                               Subtitle A—Funding for Providers Relating             ance program as reported to the Department
                                                                                                                       to COVID–19                          of Agriculture over the most recent 12-
                                                                                                                                                            month period for which data are available,
                                               SA 1240. Mr. LEE submitted an                         Sec. 3001. Funding for providers relating to           adjusted by the Secretary (as of the date of
                                             amendment intended to be proposed to                                  COVID–19.                                the enactment of this Act) for participation
                                             amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr.                           Subtitle B—Unemployment Provisions                  in disaster programs under section 5(h) of
                                             SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs.                   Sec. 3101. Extension of Federal Pandemic               the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
                                             MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. PETERS, Mr.                                    Unemployment Compensation.               2014(h)).
                                             CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. STABENOW,                     Sec. 3102. Funding for fraud prevention, eq-           SEC. 1002. ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR SNAP
                                                                                                                   uitable access, and timely pay-                      ONLINE PURCHASING AND TECH-
                                             Mr. TESTER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.                                                                                              NOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS.
                                             SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER, Mr. LEAHY, and                                    ment to eligible workers.
                                                                                                                                                              (a) FUNDING.—In addition to amounts oth-
                                             Mr. SANDERS) to the bill H.R. 1319, to                  Subtitle C—Recovery Rebates to Individuals             erwise made available, there is appropriated
                                             provide for reconciliation pursuant to                  Sec. 3201. 2021 recovery rebates to individ-           for fiscal year 2021, out of any amounts in
                                             title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was or-                             uals.                                    the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
                                             dered to lie on the table; as follows:                     TITLE IV—COMMITTEE ON HEALTH,                       $25,000,000 to remain available through Sep-
                                                                                                        EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS                      tember 30, 2026, to carry out this section.
                                               On page 46, between lines 20 and 21, insert                                                                    (b) USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary of Agri-
                                             the following:                                              Subtitle A—Public Health Programs
                                                                                                                                                            culture may use the amounts made available
                                               (8) an institution shall be eligible to re-           Sec. 4001. Public health programs.                     pursuant to subsection (a)—
                                             ceive an allocation under this section only if                       Subtitle B—Schools                          (1) to make technological improvements to
                                             the institution is open for in-person aca-                                                                     improve online purchasing in the supple-
                                                                                                     Sec. 4101. Schools.
                                             demic instruction.                                                                                             mental nutrition assistance program estab-
                                                                                                                 Subtitle C—Child Care
                                                                                                                                                            lished under the Food and Nutrition Act of
                                               SA 1241. Mrs. HYDE-SMITH sub-                         Sec. 4201. Child Care and Development Block            2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.);
                                             mitted an amendment intended to be                                    Grant Program.                             (2) to modernize electronic benefit transfer
                                             proposed to amendment SA 891 pro-                       TITLE V—COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND                          technology;
                                                                                                       SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AF-                          (3) to support the mobile technologies dem-
                                             posed by Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr.                                                                         onstration projects and the use of mobile
                                                                                                       FAIRS
                                             WYDEN, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr.                                                                             technologies     authorized    under    section
                                                                                                     Sec. 5001. Federal Emergency Management
                                             PETERS, Mr. CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL,                                                                              7(h)(14) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008
                                                                                                                   Agency appropriation.
                                             Ms. STABENOW, Mr. TESTER, Mr.                           Sec. 5002. Small Provider Medical Supplies             (7 U.S.C. 2016(h)(14)); and
                                             MENENDEZ, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER,                                     Fund.                                      (4) to provide technical assistance to edu-
                                             Mr. LEAHY, and Mr. SANDERS) to the                                                                             cate retailers on the process and technical
                                                                                                         TITLE VI—COMMITTEE ON SMALL                        requirements for the online acceptance of
                                             bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconcili-                 BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
                                             ation pursuant to title II of S. Con.                                                                          the supplemental nutrition assistance pro-
                                                                                                     Sec. 6001. Additional appropriations for pay-          gram benefits, for mobile payments, and for
                                             Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the                               check protection program, sec-           electronic benefit transfer modernization
                                             table; as follows:                                                    ond draw, and economic injury            initiatives.
                                               Strike section 9814.                                                disaster loans.                          SEC. 1003. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR NUTRI-
                                                                                                      TITLE I—COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE,                                TION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.
                                               SA 1242. Ms. COLLINS (for herself,                            NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY                          Section 704 of division N of the Consoli-
                                                                                                                                                            dated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law
                                             Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. CASSIDY, Mrs. CAP-                     SEC. 1001. SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSIST-
                                                                                                                                                            116–260) is amended—
                                                                                                                 ANCE PROGRAM.
                                             ITO, Mr. ROMNEY, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr.                                                                              (1) by striking ‘‘In addition’’ and inserting
                                             ROUNDS, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. CRAPO, Mr.                        (a) VALUE OF BENEFITS.—Section 702(a) of
                                                                                                     division N of the Consolidated Appropria-              the following:
                                             YOUNG, and Mr. GRASSLEY) proposed an                    tions Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260) is amend-
                                                                                                                                                              ‘‘(a) COVID–19 RESPONSE FUNDING.—In ad-
                                             amendment to amendment SA 891 pro-                                                                             dition’’; and
                                                                                                     ed by striking ‘‘June 30, 2021’’ and inserting
                                             posed by Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr.                                                                           (2) by adding at the end the following—
                                                                                                     ‘‘September 30, 2021’’.                                  ‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—In addition to
                                             WYDEN, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr.                        (b) SNAP ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—In                 any other funds made available, there is ap-
                                             PETERS, Mr. CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL,                       addition to amounts otherwise available,               propriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any
                                             Ms. STABENOW, Mr. TESTER, Mr.                           there is hereby appropriated for fiscal year           money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
                                             MENENDEZ, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. CARPER,                       2021, out of any amounts in the Treasury not           priated, $1,000,000,000 to remain available
                                             Mr. LEAHY, and Mr. SANDERS) to the                      otherwise appropriated, $1,150,000,000, to re-         until September 30, 2027, for the Secretary of
                                                                                                     main available until September 30, 2023, with          Agriculture to provide grants to the Com-
                                             bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconcili-               amounts to be obligated for each of fiscal             monwealth of Northern Mariana Islands,
                                             ation pursuant to title II of S. Con.                   years 2021, 2022, and 2023, for the costs of           Puerto Rico, and American Samoa for nutri-
                                             Res. 5; as follows:                                     State administrative expenses associated               tion assistance, of which $30,000,000 shall be




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                                               In lieu of the matter proposed to be in-              with carrying out this section and admin-              available to provide grants to the Common-
                                             serted, insert the following:                           istering the supplemental nutrition assist-            wealth of Northern Mariana Islands for such
                                             SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
                                                                                                     ance program established under the Food                assistance.’’.
                                                                                                     and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et            SEC. 1004. COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD
                                               The table of contents for this Act is as fol-         seq.), of which—                                                  PROGRAM.
                                             lows:                                                     (1) $15,000,000 shall be for necessary ex-             In addition to amounts otherwise made
                                             Sec. 2. Table of contents.                              penses of the Secretary of Agriculture (in             available, there is appropriated for fiscal




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