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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 22

To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to make available certain amounts

of funding for the special supplemental food program for women, infants,

and children (WIC), and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 21 (legislative day, JANUARY 5), 1993

Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Mr. DECONCINI) introduced the following bill;

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

A BILL

To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to make available

certain amounts of funding for the special supplemental

food program for women, infants, and children (WIC),

and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Maternal and Child

5 Investments Act of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING.

7 Section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42

8 U.S.C. 1786) is amended—
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1 (1) in the second sentence of subsection (a)—

2 (A) by striking ‘‘authorized’’ and inserting

3 ‘‘established’’; and

4 (B) by striking ‘‘authorization’’;

5 (2) in subsection (c)—

6 (A) in the first sentence of paragraph (1),

7 by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting ‘‘shall’’; and

8 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘appro9 priated’’ and inserting ‘‘made available’’;

10 (3) in subsection (g)—

11 (A) in paragraph (1)—

12 (i) by designating the first and second

13 sentences as subparagraphs (A) and (C),

14 respectively;

15 (ii) by striking subparagraph (A) (as

16 so designated) and inserting the following

17 new subparagraphs:

18 ‘‘(A) Out of any moneys in the Treasury not other19 wise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall pro20 vide to the Secretary to carry out this section

21 $3,280,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, $3,690,000,000 for

22 fiscal year 1995, and $4,100,000,000 for fiscal year 1996.

23 ‘‘(B) The Secretary shall allocate funds to State

24 agencies as provided in this section. Each State agency
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1 shall be entitled to receive the full amount of funds author2 ized to be allocated to the agency under this section.’’;

3 (iii) in subparagraph (C) (as so des4 ignated)—

5 (I) by striking ‘‘appropriations’’

6 and inserting ‘‘funds made available’’;

7 and

8 (II) by striking ‘‘for the purposes

9 for which appropriated’’; and

10 (iv) by adding at the end the following

11 new subparagraph:

12 ‘‘(D)(i) Not later than October 1, 1993, the Secretary

13 of the Treasury shall establish in the Treasury of the

14 United States a reserve account consisting of the sums

15 appropriated to the account by clause (ii). Sums in the

16 account shall remain available until expended. When all

17 sums in the account have been expended, the Secretary

18 of the Treasury shall close the account.

19 ‘‘(ii) Out of any moneys in the Treasury not other20 wise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall pro21 vide to the reserve account established pursuant to clause

22 (i) $120,000,000 on October 1, 1993.

23 ‘‘(iii) Upon request by the Secretary of Agriculture,

24 the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to the Secretary

25 of Agriculture, from sums in the reserve account, such
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1 amounts as the Secretary of Agriculture determines are

2 necessary to prevent reductions in nutrition services to

3 participants in the program established by this section be4 cause of a significant or unanticipated increase in the cost

5 of supplemental foods.

6 ‘‘(iv) Not later than 30 days after making a request

7 pursuant to clause (ii), the Secretary shall notify Congress

8 of the amounts requested and the reasons for the re9 quest.’’;

10 (B) in the first sentence of paragraph (4),

11 by striking ‘‘appropriated’’ and inserting ‘‘made

12 available’’; and

13 (C) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘appro14 priated’’ and inserting ‘‘made available’’;

15 (4) in subsection (h)(1)—

16 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘ap17 propriated’’ both places it appears and inserting

18 ‘‘made available’’; and

19 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘ap20 propriated’’ both places it appears and inserting

21 ‘‘made available’’; and

22 (5) in subsection (l), by striking ‘‘funds appro23 priated’’ and inserting ‘‘funds made available’’.
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1 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

2 The amendments made by section 2 shall become ef3 fective on October 1, 1993.

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