a certification that the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico qualifies to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program as a State as defined in section 3(r) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2012(r) ). 4. Transition from the consolidated block grant for Puerto Rico (a) Covered period The Secretary may continue to implement the then most recent approved consolidated block grant specified in section 19(b)(1)(A) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2028(b)(1)(A) ) for a period ending no later than 5 years after the effective date of the amendments made by this Act, or on the date the Secretary determines that the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico no longer needs to operate the consolidated block grant to complete the transition described in section 3(a), whichever occurs first. (b) Report For each year a plan is continued under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the Congress an annual report on the operation of such plan. The Secretary shall include in such report information related to increases in funding that are required to accommodate the transition of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from the receipt of block grant payments to the implementation of supplemental nutrition assistance program. 5. Consolidated block grant for Puerto Rico and American Samoa Section 19 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2028 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1)(A) by inserting until the end of the period described in section 4(a) of the Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act of 2023 , after (A) , (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) in subparagraph (A)— (I) in clause (i) by striking and at the end, and (II) in clause (ii)— (aa) by inserting , until the end of the period described in section 4(a) of the Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act of 2023 after thereafter , (bb) by striking the period at the end and inserting