Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 60 / Tuesday, March 29, 2022 / Notices 17977 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2022–0006] 

Notice of Request for Revision to and 

Extension of Approval of an 

Information Collection; Horse 

Protection Regulations; Correction 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Revision to and extension of 

approval of an information collection; 

comment request; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS) is correcting 

a notice that was published in the 

Federal Register on March 8, 2022. The 

notice announced APHIS’ intention to 

request a revision to and extension of 

approval of an information collection 

associated with the Horse Protection 

Program and enforcement of the Horse 

Protection Act. We provided an invalid 

telephone number for one of the 

contacts listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. This notice 

provides the correct telephone number. 

DATES: This correction is applicable on 

March 29, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Correction 

In FR Doc. 2022–04791, appearing on 

page 12927 in the Federal Register of 

March 8, 2022, the following correction 

is made: 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the Horse Protection Act 

Regulations, contact Dr. Lance Bassage, 

Director, National Policy Staff, Animal 

Care, APHIS 4700 River Road Unit 84, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–3748. 

For information on the information 

collection reporting process, contact Mr. 

Joseph Moxey, APHIS’ Paperwork 

Reduction Act Coordinator, at (301) 

851–2483; joseph.moxey@usda.gov. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of 

March 2022. 

Anthony Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06489 Filed 3–28–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Special Supplemental Nutrition 

Program for Women, Infants, and 

Children (WIC): 2022/2023 Income 

Eligibility Guidelines 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (‘‘Department’’) announces 

adjusted income eligibility guidelines to 

be used by State agencies in 

determining the income eligibility of 

persons applying to participate in the 

Special Supplemental Nutrition 

Program for Women, Infants, and 

Children (WIC). These income eligibility 

guidelines are to be used in conjunction 

with the WIC Regulations. 

DATES: Applicable date July 1, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Allison Post, Acting Chief, Policy 

Branch, Supplemental Food Programs 

Division, FNS, USDA, 1320 Braddock 

Place, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, 703– 

457–7708. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Executive Order 12866 

This notice is exempt from review by 

the Office of Management and Budget 

under Executive Order 12866. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

This action is not a rule as defined by 

the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 

601–612) and thus is exempt from the 

provisions of this Act. 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

This notice does not contain reporting 

or recordkeeping requirements subject 

to approval by the Office of 

Management and Budget in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507). 

Executive Order 12372 

This program is listed in the Catalog 

of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Programs under No. 10.557 and is 

subject to the provisions of Executive 

Order 12372, which requires 

intergovernmental consultation with 

State and local officials (7 CFR part 

3015, subpart V, 48 FR 29100, June 24, 

1983, and 49 FR 22675, May 31, 1984). 

Description 

Section 17(d)(2)(A) of the Child 

Nutrition Act of 1966, as amended (42 

U.S.C. 1786(d)(2)(A)), requires the 

Secretary of Agriculture to establish 

income criteria to be used with 

nutritional risk criteria in determining a 

person’s eligibility for participation in 

the WIC Program. The law provides that 

persons will be income-eligible for the 

WIC Program if they are members of 

families that satisfy the income standard 

prescribed for reduced-price school 

meals under section 9(b) of the Richard 

B. Russell National School Lunch Act 

(42 U.S.C. 1758(b)). Under section 9(b), 

the income limit for reduced-price 

school meals is 185 percent of the 

Federal poverty guidelines, as adjusted. 

Section 9(b) also requires that these 

guidelines be revised annually to reflect 

changes in the Consumer Price Index. 

The annual revision for 2022 was 

published by the Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS) at 87 FR 

3315, January 12, 2022. The guidelines 

published by HHS are referred to as the 

‘‘poverty guidelines.’’ 

Program Regulations at 7 CFR 

246.7(d)(1) specify that State agencies 

may prescribe income guidelines either 

equaling the income guidelines 

established under Section 9 of the 

Richard B. Russell National School 

Lunch Act for reduced-price school 

meals, or identical to State or local 

guidelines for free or reduced-price 

health care. However, in conforming 

WIC income guidelines to State or local 

health care guidelines, the State cannot 

establish WIC guidelines which exceed 

the guidelines for reduced-price school 

meals, or which are less than 100 

percent of the Federal poverty 

guidelines. Consistent with the method 

used to compute income eligibility 

guidelines for reduced-price meals 

under the National School Lunch 

Program, the poverty guidelines were 

multiplied by 1.85 and the results 

rounded upward to the next whole 

dollar. 

Currently, the Department is 

publishing the maximum and minimum 

WIC income eligibility guidelines by 

household size for the period of July 1, 

2022, through June 30, 2023. Consistent 

with section 17(f)(17) of the Child 

Nutrition Act of 1966, as amended (42 

U.S.C. 1786(f)(17)), a State agency may 

implement the revised WIC income 

eligibility guidelines concurrently with 

the implementation of income eligibility 

guidelines under the Medicaid Program 

established under Title XIX of the Social 

Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396, et seq.). 

State agencies may coordinate 

implementation with the revised 

Medicaid guidelines, i.e., earlier in the 

year, but in no case may 

implementation take place later than 

July 1, 2022. State agencies that do not 

coordinate implementation with the 

revised Medicaid guidelines must 


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