1.This Act may be cited as the
Puerto Rico Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program Restoration Act of 2012
.
2.Amendments to the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008
(a)Section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012) is amended—
(1)in subsection (s) by inserting
Puerto Rico,
after Guam,
, and
(2)in subsection
(u)(3) by inserting Puerto Rico,
after
Guam,
.
(b)Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7
U.S.C. 2014) is amended—
(1)in subsection (b) by inserting
Puerto Rico,
after Guam,
,
(2)in subsection (c)(1) by striking and
Guam
and inserting Guam, and Puerto Rico,
, and
(3)in subsection (e)—
(A)in paragraph
(1)(A) by inserting Puerto Rico,
after Hawaii,
each place it appears, and
(B)in paragraph (6)(B) by inserting
Puerto Rico,
after Guam,
.
(c)Consolidated
block grantsSection 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 effective date of the amendments made by
the Puerto Rico Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program Restoration Act of 2012,
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
ending before the effective date of the
amendments made by the Puerto Rico
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Restoration Act of
2012
after thereafter
,
- (bb)by
striking the period at the end and inserting
; and
, and
- (cc)by adding at the end the following:
(iii)subject to the availability of
appropriations under section 18(a), for each fiscal year beginning on or after
the effective date of the amendments made by
the Puerto Rico Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Restoration Act of
2012, 0.4 percent of the aggregate amount specified in clause (i)
and adjusted under clause (ii), as further adjusted by the percentage by which
the thrifty food plan has been adjusted under section 3(u)(4) between 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 inserting ending before the effective date of the
amendments made by the Puerto Rico
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Restoration Act of
2012
after thereafter
, and
(iii)in
subparagraph (C)—
(I)by inserting
(i)
before For
,
(II)by inserting ending before the
effective date of the amendments made by the
Puerto Rico Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Restoration Act of
2012
after thereafter
, and
(III)by adding at the
end the following:
(ii)For each fiscal year beginning on or after
the effective date of the amendments made by
the Puerto Rico Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Restoration Act of
2012, the Secretary shall use 100 percent of the funds made available under
subparagraph (A) for payment to American Samoa to pay 100 percent 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 inserting ending
before the effective date of the amendments
made by the Puerto Rico Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Restoration
Act of 2012
after year
, and
(2)in subsection (b)(1)(A) by inserting
ending before the effective date of the
amendments made by the Puerto Rico
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Restoration Act of
2012
after year
the first place it
appears.
3.Submission of
plan; approval of retail food stores; certification by Secretary of
Agriculture
(a)Submission of
plan by Puerto Rico
(1)Submission and
review of plan of operationIf an agency of the kind described in
section 3(t)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(t)(1)) is
designated by Puerto Rico and submits to the Secretary of Agriculture
(hereinafter in this section referred to as the Secretary) a request to
participate in the supplemental nutrition program under such Act and a plan of
operation of the kind described in section 11 of such Act, the Secretary shall
determine whether Puerto Rico and such agency satisfy the requirements that
would apply under such Act for approval of such plan if Puerto Rico were 1 of
the several States.
(2)Determination by
SecretaryThe Secretary shall approve such plan if Puerto Rico
and such agency satisfy such requirements. If the Secretary does not approve
such plan, the Secretary shall provide a statement that specifies each of such
requirements that is not satisfied by such plan.
(b)Approval of
retail food stores in Puerto RicoIf the Secretary approves the
plan of operation submitted under subsection (a), then the Secretary shall
accept from retail food stores located in Puerto Rico applications of the kind
described in section 9 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2018)
for approval to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program
proposed in such plan.
(c)Submission of
certification to the CongressIf the Secretary—
(1)approves the plan
of operation submitted under subsection (a), and
(2)approves under
subsection (b) the applications of a number of retail food stores located in
Puerto Rico requesting to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance
program that would be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) if Puerto Rico were 1 of the
several States requesting to participate in the supplemental nutrition
assistance program under such Act,
then the
Secretary shall submit to the Congress a certification that Puerto Rico
qualifies to participate in such program as if Puerto Rico were a State as
defined in section 3(s) of such Act.4.
(a)Except as
provided in subsection (b), this Act shall take effect on the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(b)The amendments made by section 2 shall take effect
on October 1 of the 1st fiscal year that begins more than 1 year after the
Secretary of Agriculture submits to the Congress the certification described in
section 3(c).