1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Food for Families in Crisis Act of 2020 . 2. Strengthening Federal nutrition assistance programs as automatic stabilizers (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Elevated unemployment period The term elevated unemployment period means, as determined by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics in accordance with subsection (b), a period— (A) beginning on the first day of the last month during the most recent 3-month period for which data for all States are published before the close of a given week, the average rate of total unemployment for all States (seasonally adjusted, as applicable) is not less than 0.5 percentage points higher than the lowest average rate of total unemployment for all States (as seasonally adjusted) for any 3-month period during the preceding 12 months; and (B) ending on the date on which the average rate of total unemployment for all States (seasonally adjusted, as applicable) for the most recent 3-month period for which data for all States are published before the close of a given week— (i) has decreased for not less than 2 consecutive months; (ii) is less than 5.5 percent; and (iii) is less than 1.5 percentage points above the 3-month average rate of total unemployment for all States (as seasonally adjusted) reported for the 3-month period ending on the last day of the month immediately preceding the month during which the applicable beginning date described in subparagraph (A) occurs. (2) Eligible individual or household The term eligible individual or household means an individual or household that is eligible to receive Federal nutrition assistance. (3) Federal nutrition assistance The term Federal nutrition assistance means nutrition assistance provided under— (A) the supplemental nutrition assistance program under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); (B) a consolidated block grant for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or American Samoa under section 19(a) of that Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2028(a) )