apply only if the value of the benefit or block 
grant described in the clause, as applicable, 
would be greater under that calculation than in 
the absence of this subsection. 
(B) EFFECTIVE PERIOD OF CERTAIN IN-
CREASE.—An 
increase 
under 
paragraph 
(1)(A)(iii) shall remain in effect until the date 
on which an amount equal to 8 percent of the 
value of the thrifty food plan for a household 
containing 1 member, rounded to the nearest 
whole dollar increment, is equal to not less than 
$30 (adjusted for inflation). 
(3) FUNDING.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—On the first day of the 
first month beginning after the date of publica-
tion of a monthly employment situation report 
in which an elevated unemployment period is 
determined to exist in accordance with sub-
section (b), out of any funds in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary such 
amounts as are necessary to carry out para-
graph (1). 
(B) RECEIPT
AND
ACCEPTANCE.—The 
Secretary shall be entitled to receive, shall ac-
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cept, and shall use to carry out paragraph (1) 
the funds transferred under subparagraph (A), 
without further appropriation. 
(f) CATEGORICAL ELIGIBILITY UNDER SNAP.—Sec-
tion 5(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2014(a)) is amended by inserting after the third sentence 
the following: ‘‘Each State agency shall administer the 
State option of categorical eligibility for the supplemental 
nutrition assistance program as described in clause (ii) or 
(iii) of section 273.2(j)(2) of title 7, Code of Federal Regu-
lations (as in effect on the date of enactment of the Food 
for Families in Crisis Act of 2020).’’. 
(g) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For the costs of State ad-
ministrative expenses associated with carrying out 
this section and administering the supplemental nu-
trition assistance program established under the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 
seq.), the Secretary shall, during an elevated unem-
ployment period, make available $150,000,000 (ad-
justed for inflation), in accordance with paragraph 
(2). 
(2) ALLOCATION.—The funds made available 
under paragraph (1) shall be provided in the form 
of grants to State agencies as follows: 
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(A) Seventy-five percent of the amounts 
made available shall be allocated to each State 
agency based on the proportion of households in 
the applicable State that participate in the sup-
plemental nutrition assistance program, as— 
(i) reported to the Secretary for the 
most recent 12-month period for which 
data are available; and 
(ii) if applicable, adjusted by the Sec-
retary, as of the date of enactment of this 
Act, for participation in a disaster program 
under section 5(h) of the Food and Nutri-
tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(h)). 
(B) Twenty-five percent of the amounts 
available shall be allocated to each State agency 
based on the increase in the number of house-
holds in the applicable State that participate in 
the supplemental nutrition assistance program, 
as— 
(i) reported to the Secretary for the 
most recent 12-month period for which 
data are available; and 
(ii) if applicable, adjusted by the Sec-
retary, as of the date of enactment of this 
Act, for participation in a disaster program 
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under section 5(h) of the Food and Nutri-
tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(h)). 
(h) FDPIR WAIVER.—Any activity carried out using 
funds provided by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Eco-
nomic Security Act (Public Law 116–136; 134 Stat. 281) 
for the food distribution program on Indian reservations 
under section 4(b) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2013(b)) shall not be subject to the non-Federal 
share requirement described in paragraph (4)(A) of that 
section. 
(i) REQUIREMENTS FOR SECRETARY.—In carrying 
out this section, the Secretary shall— 
(1) consider the benefit increases under sub-
section (e)(1) to be a ‘‘mass change’’; 
(2) require a simple process by which States, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American 
Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands shall notify eligible individuals and 
households of the increase in benefits under that 
subsection; 
(3) consider section 16(c)(3)(A) of the Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(c)(3)(A)) 
to apply to any errors in the implementation of this 
section, without regard to the 120-day limit de-
scribed in that section; 
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(4) disregard the additional amount of benefits 
that an eligible individual or household receives as a 
result of this section in determining the amount of 
overissuances under section 13 of the Food and Nu-
trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2022); and 
(5) establish the tolerance level for excluding 
small errors for purposes of section 16(c) of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(c)) 
at $50. 
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