A measure of the president of the House of Representatives, Carlos Mendez, together with the representatives Victor Parés Otero and Antonio Soto Torres, seeks that, during the emergency caused by COVID-19, the users of the Nutritional Assistance Program (PAN) can use it in restaurants for the purchase of ready-made food.
“This measure comes directly to help the neediest people of our Island in these historical times of the COVID-19. The north of this legislation is to allow people to have access to food in times of a pandemic unprecedented in history, not only in Puerto Rico, but also in the world, “said the legislators in a written communication.
This is the House Project (PC) 2468 which is created by the ‘Complementary Law to Address the Effects of the Puerto Rican Economy Caused by the Covid-19 Emergency’.
In its Article 5, section (p), the legislative piece establishes: Use of the Nutritional Assistance Program (PAN) Card in Restaurants. – The Secretary of the family Department so that, within ten (10) calendar days following the signing of this Act, request the United States Department of Agriculture that, during the validity of this Act or until the emergency caused by COVID-19 lasts, which If it is less, the beneficiaries of the PAN card are allowed to buy food prepared in restaurants.
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“Our people need to have at their disposal all the alternatives available to feed their families during this crisis. Our sole purpose is to provide our people with their three meals. In fact, the federal House of Representatives has just approved a measure aligned with what we are proposing in PC 2468. It is difficult to understand, that someone could oppose this, “said Soto Torres, who chairs the Finance Commission. , Budget and Supervision, Administration and Economic Stability of Puerto Rico, PROMESA for its acronym in English.
It is estimated that in Puerto Rico there are around 1,250,000 PAN beneficiaries, a figure that rose after the impact of Hurricane Maria in September 2017 and the earthquakes of December 2019 and January 2020.
The bill was approved in the House of Representatives on April 6 and in the Senate on May 14. The Chamber concurred with the amendments introduced in the Senate on May 19.
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