1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pandemic EBT Act of 2020 . 2. Department of Agriculture assistance during public health emergency (a) Pandemic emergency During fiscal year 2020, in any case in which a school is closed for at least 5 consecutive days during a public health emergency designation during which the school would otherwise be in session, each household containing at least 1 member who is an eligible child attending the school shall be eligible to receive assistance pursuant to a State agency plan approved under subsection (b) (b) Assistance To carry out this section, the Secretary of Agriculture may approve State agency plans for temporary emergency standards of eligibility and levels of benefits under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) for households with eligible children. Plans approved by the Secretary may provide for supplemental allotments to households receiving benefits under such Act, and issuances to households not already receiving benefits. Such level of benefits shall be determined by the Secretary in an amount not less than the value of meals at the free rate over the course of 5 school days for each eligible child in the household. (c) Minimum closure requirement The Secretary of Agriculture shall not provide assistance under this section in the case of a school that is closed for less than 5 consecutive days. (d) Use of ebt system A State agency may provide assistance under this section through the EBT card system established under section 7 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2016 ). (e) Release of information Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize State educational agencies and school food authorities administering a school lunch program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) to release to appropriate officials administering the supplemental nutrition assistance program such information as may be necessary to carry out this section. (f) Waivers To