; (B) any State, as a condition of receipt from the Secretary of assistance under the supplemental nutrition assistance program; or (C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as a condition of receipt from the Secretary of a Federal nutrition assistance block grant. (d) Preclusion of certain rules No funds (including fees) made available under this or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used to finalize, implement, administer, enforce, carry out, or otherwise give effect to— (1) the proposed rule entitled Revision of Categorical Eligibility in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (84 Fed. Reg. 35570 (July 24, 2019)); (2) the proposed rule entitled Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Standardization of State Heating and Cooling Standard Utility Allowances (84 Fed. Reg. 52809 (October 3, 2019)); or (3) the final rule entitled Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Requirements for Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (84 Fed. Reg. 66782 (December 5, 2019)). (e) Increase in Federal nutrition assistance payments (1) Increases (A) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subject to paragraph (2), effective beginning on the first day of the first month beginning after the date of publication of a monthly employment situation report in which an elevated unemployment period is determined to exist in accordance with subsection (b)— (i) the value of the benefits determined under section 8(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2017(a) ) and the consolidated block grants for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and American Samoa determined under section 19(a) of that Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2028(a) ) shall be calculated using 115 percent of the value of the thrifty food plan in the month immediately preceding the month during which the beginning date of that elevated unemployment period occurs