Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) its plan of operation, 
including a plan to transition to the supplemental nutri-
tion assistance program under section 4(a) of such Act 
(7 U.S.C. 5(a)) as a request to participate in the supple-
mental nutrition assistance program under of the Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.). 
(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Within the 60-day pe-
riod specified in subsection (a) and upon request from the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Secretary shall provide 
appropriate training and technical assistance to enable the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to formulate a plan of oper-
ation described in subsection (a). 
(c) DETERMINATION BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRI-
CULTURE.—Not later than 180 days after receiving a plan 
of operation described in subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall approve if such plan satisfies the requirements for 
a supplemental nutrition assistance program State plan 
in accordance with subsections (d) and (e) of section 11 
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020). 
If the Secretary does not approve such plan, the Secretary 
shall provide, not later than 30 days after disapproval, a 
statement that specifies each of the requirements that 
were not satisfied by such plan. 
(d) CERTIFICATION BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRI-
CULTURE.—If the Secretary approves the plan submitted 
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by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall submit to the Congress, not later 
than 60 days thereafter, a certification that the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico qualifies to participate in the sup-
plemental nutrition assistance program as a State as de-
fined in section 3(r) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(r)). 
SEC. 4. TRANSITION FROM THE CONSOLIDATED BLOCK 
GRANT FOR PUERTO RICO. 
(a) COVERED PERIOD.—The Secretary may continue 
to implement the then most recent approved consolidated 
block grant specified in section 19(b)(1)(A) of the Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2028(b)(1)(A)) for 
a period ending no later than 5 years after the effective 
date of the amendments made by this Act, or on the date 
the Secretary determines that the Commonwealth of Puer-
to Rico no longer needs to operate the consolidated block 
grant to complete the transition described in section 3(a), 
whichever occurs first. 
(b) REPORT.—For each year a plan is continued 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the 
Congress an annual report on the operation of such plan. 
The Secretary shall include in such report information re-
lated to increases in funding that are required to accom-
modate the transition of the Commonwealth of Puerto 
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Rico from the receipt of block grant payments to the im-
plementation of supplemental nutrition assistance pro-
gram. 
SEC. 5. CONSOLIDATED BLOCK GRANT FOR PUERTO RICO 
AND AMERICAN SAMOA. 
Section 19 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2028) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A) by inserting ‘‘until 
the end of the period described in section 4(a) 
of the Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fair-
ness Act,’’ after ‘‘(A)’’, 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) in clause (i) by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end, and 
(II) in clause (ii)— 
(aa) by inserting ‘‘, and end-
ing at the end of the period de-
scribed in section 4(a) of the 
Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance 
Fairness Act’’ after ‘‘thereafter’’, 
(bb) by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’, 
and 
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(cc) by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(iii) subject to the availability of ap-
propriations under section 18(a), for each 
fiscal year beginning after the end of the 
period described in section 4(a) of the 
Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness 
Act, 0.4 percent of the aggregate amount 
specified in clause (i) and adjusted under 
clause (ii), as further adjusted by the per-
centage by which the thrifty food plan has 
been adjusted under section 3(u)(4) be-
tween June 30 of the penultimate fiscal 
year preceding such effective date and 
June 30 of the fiscal year for which the 
adjustment is made under this clause.’’, 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)(i) by insert-
ing ‘‘ending at the end of the period de-
scribed in section 4(a) of the Puerto Rico 
Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act’’ after 
‘‘thereafter’’, and 
(iii) in subparagraph (C)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘For’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(i) For’’, 
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(II) by inserting ‘‘ending at the 
end of the period described in section 
4(a) of the Puerto Rico Nutrition As-
sistance Fairness Act’’ after ‘‘there-
after’’, and 
(III) by adding at the end, the 
following: 
‘‘(ii) For each fiscal year beginning 
after the end of the period described in 
section 4(a) of the Puerto Rico Nutrition 
Assistance Fairness Act, the Secretary 
shall use 100 percent of the funds made 
available under subparagraph (A) for pay-
ment to American Samoa to pay 100 per-
cent of the expenditures by American 
Samoa for a nutrition assistance program 
extended under section 601(c) of Public 
Law 96–597 (48 U.S.C. 1469d(c)).’’, and 
(C) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘year,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘year ending at the end of the pe-
riod described in section 4(a) of the Puerto 
Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act, and’’ 
after ‘‘year’’, and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)(A) by inserting ‘‘and 
ending at the end of the period described in section 
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4(a) of the Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fair-
ness Act’’ after ‘‘year’’ the first place it appears. 
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act such sums as may be necessary until the end of 
the period described in section 4(a). 
SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), this Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(b) EFFECTIVE
DATE
OF
AMENDMENTS.—The 
amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 
1 of the 1st fiscal year that begins 1 year after the Sec-
retary submits to Congress the certification described in 
section 3(d) of this Act. 
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