,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ggid  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bg1 #bjbj,ms4 
,fudge 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1   
,mrs4 ,hayes1 ,mr4 ,panetta1 ,mr4       
,lawson of ,florida1 ,ms4 ,adams1 and   
,ms4 ,schrier7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,agriculture  ,a ,,bill   
,to extend existing supplemental        
nutrition assistance program            
flexibilities for ,states during the    
,,covid-#ai pandemic4  #a4 ,short title 
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,emergency ,,snap ,flexibilities        
,extension ,act4  #b4 ,extension of     
existing snap flexibilities for         
covid-#ai  7a7 ,state options  7#a7 ,a  
,state agency 7as defined in section    
#c7s7 of the ,food and ,nutrition ,act  
of #bjjh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #bjab7s777 shall 
have the option-- 7,a7 to extend        
certification periods under section     
#c7;f7 of the ,food and ,nutrition ,act 
of #bjjh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #bjab7;f77 for   

not more than #f months and adjust      
periodic report requirements under      
section #f7;c77#a77;,d77i7 of the ,food 
and ,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g        
,u4,s4,c4 #bjae7;c77#a77;,d77i77 for    
some or all participating households    
with certification periods set to expire
 or periodic reports due on or before   
,june #cj1 #bjba1 consistent with the   
extensions and adjustments provided in  
the ,food and ,nutrition ,service's     
,april #bb1 #bjbj1 blanket approval for 
extending certification and adjusting   
periodic reports1 unless otherwise      
provided in this paragraph2  7,b7 to    
allow household reporting requirements  
under section #bgc4ab7;a77#e77;iii7 of  
title #g of the ,code of ,federal       
,regulations to satisfy the             
recertification requirements under      
section #bgc4ad of title #g of the ,code
 of ,federal ,regulations for some or   
all participating households with       
recertification periods set to expire on
 or before ,december #ca1 #bjba2 and    

7,c7 to adjust the interview            
requirements under sections #bgc4b and  
#bgc4ad7;b7 of title #g of the ,code of 
,federal ,regulations for some or all   
household applications or               
recertifications through ,june #cj1     
#bjba1 consistent with the adjustments  
provided in the ,food and ,nutrition    
,service's ,march #bf1 #bjbj1 blanket   
approval for adjusting interview        
requirements1 unless otherwise provided 
in this paragraph4  7#b7 ,not later than
 #e days after exercising an option     
under paragraph 7#a71 a ,state agency   
shall notify the ,secretary of          
,agriculture in writing of the option   
exercised1 the categories of households 
affected by the option1 and the duration
 of such option4  7b7 ,adjustment ,the  
,secretary of ,agriculture shall allow a
 ,state agency to suspend the           
requirements under sections             
#bge4aa7;b77#a7 and 7#b71 #bge4ab1 and  
#bge4ac of title #g of the ,code of     
,federal ,regulations from ,june #a1    

#bjbj1 through ,june #cj1 #bjba1        
consistent with the waivers provided in 
the ,food and ,nutrition ,service's     
,april #cj1 #bjbj1 blanket approval for 
waiver of quality control reviews1      
unless otherwise provided in this       
subsection4  7c7 ,report ,section #bcjb 
of the ,families ,first ,coronavirus    
,response ,act 7,public ,law #aaf-abg2  
#g ,u4,s4,c4 #bjaa note7 is amended by  
striking subsection 7c7 and inserting   
the following3  7c7 ,report ,not later  
than ,june #cj1 #bjbb1 the ,secretary of
 ,agriculture shall submit1 to the      
,committee on ,agriculture of the ,house
 of ,representatives and the ,committee 
on ,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and        
,forestry of the ,senate1 a report      
containing the following information3   
7#a7 ,a description of any information  
or data supporting ,state agency        
requests under this section and any     
additional measures that ,state agencies
 requested that were not approved by the
 ,secretary of ,agriculture4  7#b7 ,an  

evaluation of the use of all waivers1   
adjustments1 and other flexibilities in 
the operation of the supplemental       
nutrition assistance program 7as defined
 in section #c of the ,food and         
,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4  
#bjab771 in effect under this ,act1 the 
,food and ,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g  
,u4,s4,c4 #bjaa et seq471 or any other  
,act1 to respond to the ,,covid-#ai     
public health emergency4  7#c7 ,a       
recommendation of any additional waivers
 or flexibilities needed in the         
operation of the supplemental nutrition 
assistance program to respond to public 
health emergencies with pandemic        
potential4  4