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- Jurisdiction
- United States (federal); Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- FFCRA s. 2302(a)(1), Pub. L. 116-127 (emergency allotments)
- Issued
- 2020-08-27 Aug. 27, 2020
- Effective
- Describes the emergency-allotment regime in effect from March 2020 (read as 2020-08-27)
- End
- Emergency allotments ended nationally after February 2023 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023) (read as 2020-09-30)
- In force
- Aug. 27, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationOther
- Addressees
- Functions reached
- CB grocery and retail customer base
- SF sales floor (SNAP-authorized retailers)
- Collection
- Other federal health agencies AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER
Operative words
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 (Pub. L. 116-127), enacted March 18, 2020, includes a general provision that allows the Department of Agriculture to issue emergency allotments (EA) based on a public health emergency declaration by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act related to an outbreak of COVID-19 when a State has also issued an emergency or disaster declaration.
Enforcement
Monthly State EA requests and attestations approved by FNS
Notes
Documents the monthly, State-by-State emergency-allotment approvals (53 agencies; initial waiver request plus monthly attestation) that ran through 2020-2021 and were conditioned on each State's own emergency declaration remaining in force.
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