1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Food and Nutrition Provider Emergency Support Act of 2020 . 2. Child care operational emergency costs during COVID–19 pandemic (a) Use of certain appropriations To cover child and adult care food program child care operational emergency costs during COVID–19 pandemic (1) In general (A) Required allotments Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall allocate to each State that participates in the reimbursement program under paragraph (3) such amounts as may be necessary to carry out reimbursements under such paragraph for each reimbursement month, including, subject to paragraph (4)(C), administrative expenses necessary to make such reimbursements. (B) Guidance with respect to program Not later than 10 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall issue guidance with respect to the reimbursement program under paragraph (3). (2) Reimbursement program application To participate in the reimbursement program under paragraph (3), not later than 30 days after the date described in paragraph (1), a State shall submit an application to the Secretary that includes a plan to calculate and disburse reimbursements under the reimbursement program under paragraph (3). (3) Reimbursement amount Using the amounts allocated under paragraph (1)(A), a State participating in the reimbursement program under this paragraph shall make reimbursements for child care operational emergency costs for each reimbursement month as follows: (A) For each new covered institution in the State for the reimbursement month, an amount equal to 55 percent of— (i) the average monthly amount such covered institution was reimbursed under subsection (c) and subsection (f) of section 17 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1766 ) for meals and supplements served by such new covered institution during the alternate period