; (B) in section 301 ( 42 U.S.C. 5141 ), by inserting or an emergency due to a pandemic after major disaster each place the term appears; (C) in section 412 ( 42 U.S.C. 5179 )— (i) by inserting or an emergency due to a pandemic after major disaster each place the term appears; (ii) in subsection (a), by inserting without regard to regular allotments before and to make surplus ; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (d) Assistance during a pandemic In the case of an emergency due to a pandemic, for purposes of providing benefits under this section, the Secretary of Agriculture shall remove or delay the requirement of an in-person interview, and if an interview occurs, provide an alternative to the in-person interview requirement for all applicants. Assistance shall be provided based on need and not lost provisions. (e) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section, only if such sums are designated by Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i) ). ; and (D) in section 502(a) ( 42 U.S.C. 5192(a) )— (i) in paragraph (7), by striking and at the end; (ii) in paragraph (8)(B), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon