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B-336032 Mar 04, 2024 1 (2024-03-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaopyz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A ,U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-336032 March 4, 2024 The Honorable Bernard Sanders Chairman The Honorable Bill Cassidy Ranking Member Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions United States Senate The Honorable Virginia Foxx Chairwoman The Honorable Bobby Scott Ranking Member Committee on Education and the Workforce House of Representatives Subject: Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service: Fourth Allocation of Supply Chain Assistance (SCA) Funds to Alleviate Supply Chain Disruptions in the School Meal Programs Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) entitled Fourth Allocation of Supply Chain Assistance (SCA) Funds to Alleviate Supply Chain Disruptions in the School Meal Programs. We received the rule on August 7, 2023. On February 14, 2024, FNS informed us that this memorandum will not be published in the Federal Register but is available on their public website. Email from Chief of Planning & Regulatory Affairs Office, FNS, to Paralegal Specialist, GAO, Subject: FW: For GAO - FNS Memo and CRA form on Fourth Allocation of SCA Funds (Feb. 14, 2024). FNS's submission to us indicated that funding allocations were awarded beginning December 17, 2021. According to FNS, the memorandum provides updated guidance to state agencies on the allocation and use of fourth round SCA funds, as well as oversight and recordkeeping expectations. FNS explained in its submission to us that the SCA funds are issued through multiple allocations to address supply chain issues and assist school programs in providing consistent and nutritious school meals to children. The Congressional Review Act (CRA) requires a 60-day delay in the effective date of a major rule from the date of publication in the Federal Register or receipt of the rule by Congress, whichever is later. 5 U.S.C. § 801(a)(3)(A). FNS sent us correspondence stating that it was not planning to publish the rule in the Federal Register, but that the rule is available on its public website at https://www.fns.usda.gov/cn/fourth-allocation-supply-chain-assistance-sca-funds. Email from Chief of the Planning and Regulatory Affairs Office, Food and Nutrition Services/USDA, to Paralegal Specialist, GAO, Subject: FW: For GAO - FNS Memo and CRA form on Fourth Allocation of SCA Funds (Feb. 14, 2024). In its initial submission to us on

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