S.Amdt. 3090

SA 3090. Mrs. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill H.R. 2, to provide for the reform and continuation of
agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture
through fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:

In paragraph (2) of section 6(d) of the Food and Nutrition
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(d)) (as added by section
4103(a)(1)(B)), strike subparagraph (D) and insert the
following:
``(D) Waiver.--
``(i) Definition of area.--In this subparagraph, the term
`area' means--

``(I) a State;
``(II) a county; and
``(III) a city that is located in more than 1 county.

``(ii) Waiver by secretary.--On the request of a State
agency, the Secretary may waive the applicability of
subparagraph (B) to any group of individuals in the State if
the Secretary makes a determination that the area in which
the individuals reside--

``(I) has an unemployment rate of over 10 percent;
``(II) has a State `on' indicator for extended compensation
under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation
Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note; Public Law 91-373); or
``(III) has--

``(aa) an unemployment rate that is greater than 7 percent;
and
``(bb) an average unemployment rate for the most recent 12-
month period that is not less than 120 percent of the
national average unemployment rate for that period.
``(iii) Report.--The Secretary shall report the basis for a
waiver under clause (ii) to the Committee on Agriculture of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate.''.
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