[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 43 (Thursday, March 10, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1128-S1129]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 4994. Ms. STABENOW submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill H.R. 2471, to measure the progress of post-disaster
recovery and efforts to address corruption, governance, rule of law,
and media freedoms in Haiti; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. EXTENDING CHILD NUTRITION WAIVER AUTHORITY.
Section 2202 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
(42 U.S.C. 1760 note; Public Law 116-127) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting
``due to the COVID-19 pandemic'' after ``(42 U.S.C.
1760(l))'';
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' after the
semicolon and inserting ``or''; and
(iii) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the
following:
``(B) ensuring continuity of program operation under a
qualified program.'';
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``and subject to
paragraph (3)'' after ``(42 U.S.C. 1760(1))''; and
(ii) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``such section'' and
inserting ``section 12(l) of the Richard B. Russell National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(l))''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Transition plan.--A State that elects to be subject
to a waiver under paragraph (2) that alters the operation of
a qualified program described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of
subsection (g)(1) during the 2022-2023 school year shall
submit to the Secretary a transition plan by November 1,
2022.
``(4) Technical assistance.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall provide technical
assistance to assist school food authorities in meeting
nutrition standards during the period in which a waiver
established under paragraph (1) is in effect.
``(B) Technical assistance for regular operation.--Not
later than September 30, 2022, the Secretary shall issue
technical assistance to States relating to the statutory and
regulatory requirements that a State shall be required to
meet to resume regular operation of each qualified program
for the 2023-2024 school year.'';
(2) by redesignating subsections (d) through (f) as
subsections (e) through (g), respectively;
(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
``(d) State Action.--If the Secretary issues a waiver under
this section for meals served under a qualified program for
school year 2022-2023, a State, during the period in which
the waiver is in effect--
``(1) shall provide technical assistance or guidance in
lieu of fiscal action for meal pattern violations due to
supply chain disruptions;
``(2) shall not take fiscal action for meal pattern
violations due to supply chain disruptions; and
``(3) shall not, in applying fiscal action in any
subsequent school year, consider meal pattern violations that
occurred due to supply chain disruptions during that
period.'';
(4) in subsection (e) (as so redesignated)--
(A) by striking paragraph (2); and
(B) by striking ``the following:'' in the matter preceding
paragraph (1) and all that follows through ``A summary'' in
paragraph (1) and inserting ``a summary'';
(5) in subsection (f) (as so redesignated)--
(A) by striking ``The authority'' and inserting the
following:
``(1) In general.--The authority'';
(B) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by striking ``June
30'' and all that follows through the period at the end and
inserting ``September 30, 2023.''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Limitation.--A waiver authorized by the Secretary
under this section may not be in effect after September 30,
2023.
``(3) Return to regular operation.--Beginning on October 1,
2023, each qualified program for which a waiver is authorized
under this section shall resume regular operation.'';
(6) in subsection (g) (as so redesignated)--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs
(3) and (4), respectively; and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
``(2) Regular operation.--The term `regular operation',
with respect to a qualified program, means the operation of
the qualified program as if this section was not in
effect.''; and
(7) by adding at the end the following:
``(h) Funding.--
``(1) In general.--There is appropriated, out of any funds
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as are
necessary to carry out this section.
``(2) Emergency designation.--
``(A) In general.--The amounts provided by paragraph (1)
are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2
U.S.C. 933(g)).
``(B) Designation in senate.--In the Senate, this section
is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.''.
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