,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cjga  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #bi1  
#bjbe ,mr4 ,lujn 7for himself1 ,ms4     
,klobuchar1 ,mr4 ,schumer1 ,ms4         
,alsobrooks1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1 ,mr4        
,bennet1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,ms4 ,blunt  
,rochester1 ,mr4 ,booker1 ,ms4          
,cantwell1 ,mr4 ,coons1 ,ms4 ,cortez    
,masto1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1 ,mr4 ,durbin1  
,mr4 ,fetterman1 ,mr4 ,gallego1 ,mrs4   
,gillibrand1 ,ms4 ,hassan1 ,mr4         
,heinrich1 ,mr4 ,hickenlooper1 ,ms4     
,hirono1 ,mr4 ,kaine1 ,mr4 ,kelly1 ,mr4 
,kim1 ,mr4 ,king1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,mr4    
,merkley1 ,mr4 ,murphy1 ,mrs4 ,murray1  
,mr4 ,ossoff1 ,mr4 ,padilla1 ,mr4       
,peters1 ,mr4 ,reed1 ,ms4 ,rosen1 ,mr4  
,sanders1 ,mr4 ,schatz1 ,mr4 ,schiff1   
,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,ms4 ,slotkin1 ,ms4     
,smith1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,mr4 ,warner1
 ,mr4 ,warnock1 ,ms4 ,warren1 ,mr4      
,welch1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1 and ,mr4      
,wyden7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the

 ,committee on ,appropriations  ,a      
,,bill  ,to appropriate funds to ensure 
uninterrupted benefits under the        
supplemental nutrition assistance       
program and the special supplemental    
nutrition program for women1 infants1   
and children4  #a4  ,short title  ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,keep ,,snap   
and ,,wic ,funded ,act of #bjbe4  #b4   
,uninterrupted benefits under           
supplemental nutrition assistance       
program and special supplemental        
nutrition program for women1 infants1   
and children  7a7  ,in general  ,in     
fiscal year #bjbf1 for any period during
 which interim continuing appropriations
 or full-year appropriations for that   
fiscal year have not been enacted for   
the ,department of ,agriculture1 there  
are appropriated to the ,secretary of   
,agriculture1 out of any money in the   
,treasury not otherwise appropriated1   
such sums as are necessary--  7#a7 to   
provide uninterrupted benefits under the
 supplemental nutrition assistance      

program established under the ,food and 
,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4  
#bjaa et seq472  7#b7 to provide        
consolidated block grants under section 
#ai of that ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #bjbh72  
and  7#c7 to carry out without          
interruption the special supplemental   
nutrition program for women1 infants1   
and children established by section #ag 
of the ,child ,nutrition ,act of #aiff  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aghf74  7b7             
,retroactivity  ,the appropriations     
under subsection 7a7 shall include any  
amounts necessary for payment of any    
missed benefits described in that       
subsection during the period beginning  
on ,september #cj1 #bjbe1 and ending on 
the date of enactment of this ,act4  7c7
  ,termination  ,appropriations shall be
 made available pursuant to subsection  
7a7 until the earlier of--  7#a7 the    
date of enactment into law of           
appropriations 7including a continuing  
appropriation7 for the ,department of   
,agriculture for fiscal year #bjbf2 and 

7#b7 ,september #cj1 #bjbf4  7d7        
,reimbursements to ,states ,the         
,secretary of ,agriculture shall use the
 amounts made available pursuant to     
subsection 7a7 to reimburse ,state      
agencies for costs incurred in carrying 
out the supplemental nutrition          
assistance program established under the
 ,food and ,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g 
,u4,s4,c4 #bjaa et seq471 including     
consolidated block grants under section 
#ai of that ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #bjbh71  
and the special supplemental nutrition  
program for women1 infants1 and children
 established by section #ag of the      
,child ,nutrition ,act of #aiff 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #aghf71 including the cost of 
benefits issued under those programs1   
during a lapse in appropriations for    
those programs1 to the extent that the  
,state agency carried out those programs
 in accordance with ,federal law        
7including regulations7 during that     
lapse4  7e7  ,charge to future          
appropriations  ,expenditures made      

pursuant to this ,act shall be charged  
to the applicable appropriation1 fund1  
or authorization whenever a bill in     
which such applicable appropriation1    
fund1 or authorization is contained is  
enacted into law4