1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Funding Emergency Eating Distribution for the Children or the FEED the Children Act . 2. Emergency costs for child nutrition programs during COVID–19 pandemic (a) Use of certain appropriations To cover emergency operational costs under school meal programs (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)(B), 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 program Using the amounts allocated under paragraph (1)(A), a State participating in the reimbursement program under this paragraph shall make reimbursements for emergency operational costs for each reimbursement month as follows: (A) For each new school food authority in the State for the reimbursement month, an amount equal to 55 percent of the amount equal to— (i) the average monthly amount such new school food authority was reimbursed under the reimbursement sections for meals and supplements served by such new school food authority during the alternate period