,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cjib  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bj1     
#bjah,mr4 ,kennedy introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,food and      
,nutrition ,act of #bjjh to provide     
certain requirements relating to        
commitments by ,state agencies to       
provide the ,state share of the         
administrative costs of administering   
the supplemental nutrition assistance   
program4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,emergency ,,snap   
,lapse ,act4  #b4 ,failure to provide   
,state share of administrative costs    
,section #af of the ,food and ,nutrition
 ,act of #bjjh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #bjbe7 is  
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7l7 ,failure ,to provide    
,state share of administrative costs    
7#a7 ,definition of eligible entity ,in 
this subsection1 the term eligible      

entity means a private nonprofit entity1
 such as a community-based organization1
 religious organization1 food bank1 food
 pantry1 or other emergency feeding     
organization4  7#b7 ,statement by ,state
 agency ,to be eligible to participate  
in the supplemental nutrition assistance
 program under this ,act for a fiscal   
year1 a ,state agency shall1 not later  
than the deadline established by the    
,secretary for the applicable fiscal    
year1 submit to the ,secretary a        
statement certifying the amount of funds
 committed by the ,state agency to pay  
the ,state share of administrative costs
 under this section for the fiscal year4
  7#c7 ,determination by ,secretary ,if1
 based on a review of the statement     
submitted under paragraph 7#b71 the     
,secretary determines that a ,state     
agency has not committed sufficient     
funds to provide the ,state share of    
administrative costs under this section 
for the fiscal year1 the ,secretary     
shall-- 7,a7 not later than #cj days    

after the date of the determination by  
the ,secretary1 notify the ,state agency
 that-- 7i7 the ,state agency has failed
 to provide sufficient funds to comply  
with the cost-sharing requirements of   
this section2  7ii7 the ,state agency   
has a specified period of time to       
correct the failure2 and  7iii7 if the  
,state agency fails to provide          
sufficient funds to comply with the     
cost-sharing requirements of this       
section within the specified time       
period-- 7,i7 the ,state agency shall   
not be allowed to participate in the    
supplemental nutrition assistance       
program until such time as the failure  
is corrected2 and  7,,ii7 any amounts   
that would have otherwise been paid to  
the ,state agency to carry out the      
supplemental nutrition assistance       
program under this ,act will be withheld
 in accordance with this paragraph2     
7,b7 during any period in which the     
,state is determined by the ,secretary  
to have failed to provide sufficient    

funds to comply with the cost-sharing   
requirements of this section and the    
failure is not corrected by the ,state1 
as determined by the ,secretary1        
withhold any amounts otherwise due to   
the ,state agency under this ,act for   
the fiscal year2 and  7,c7 use any      
amounts withheld under subparagraph 7,b7
 to make grants to eligible entities in 
the applicable ,state in accordance with
 paragraph 7#d74  7#d7 ,grants  7,a7 ,in
 general ,the ,secretary shall establish
 a program under which the ,secretary   
shall use any amounts withheld under    
paragraph 7#c77;,b7 to provide grants to
 eligible entities in the ,state from   
which amounts are withheld for-- 7i7 the
 costs of providing food to individuals 
in need2 and  7ii7 the costs of         
administering the grants1 including     
hiring additional personnel at the      
eligible entity to carry out activities 
described in clause 7i74  7,b7          
,application ,an eligible entity that   
seeks to receive a grant under          

subparagraph 7,a7 shall submit to the   
,secretary an application for the grant 
at such time1 in such form1 and         
containing such information as the      
,secretary may require4  4