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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5757 

To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to extend certain certification 

periods for the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 

Mrs. HAYES (for herself, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. BOWMAN, Ms. BROWN, Ms. BUSH, 

Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. CARSON, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. CHU, Mr. COHEN, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. 

DELAURO, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. 

GARCI ́A of Illinois, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, Mr. 

GOMEZ, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. 

JACOBS, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Ms. KAPTUR, 

Mr. KEATING, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. LEE of 

California, Mr. MCGARVEY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, 

Mr. MULLIN, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. POCAN, 

Ms. SALINAS, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THANEDAR, Ms. TITUS, 

Ms. TLAIB, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. TORRES of New York, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, 

Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. 

HOYLE of Oregon, Mr. COURTNEY, and Mr. HIMES) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 

Workforce 

A BILL 

To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to extend certain 

certification periods for the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children, and for 

other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘WIC for Kids Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN WIC CERTIFICATION PERI6 ODS. 

7 (a) EXPANSION OF ADJUNCTIVE ELIGIBILITY.—Sec8 tion 17(d)(2)(A) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 

9 U.S.C. 1786(d)(2)(A)) is amended— 

10 (1) in clause (ii)— 

11 (A) in subclause (I), by inserting ‘‘resides 

12 in a household (as such term is defined in sec13 tion 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

14 (7 U.S.C. 2012)) that includes an individual 

15 who’’ before ‘‘receives’’; and 

16 (B) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘; or’’ 

17 and inserting a semicolon; 

18 (2) by amending clause (iii) to read as follows: 

19 ‘‘(iii)(I) receives medical assistance 

20 under title XIX of the Social Security Act 

21 (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) or child health 

22 assistance under title XXI of such Act (42 

23 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.); or 

24 ‘‘(II) is a member of a family in which 

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1 fant, or child receives such assistance or is 

2 enrolled as described in subclause (I);’’; 

3 and 

4 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(iv) is enrolled as a Head Start participant in 

6 a program authorized under the Head Start Act (42 

7 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.) or resides in a household in 

8 which one or more children is enrolled as a partici9 pant in such a Head Start program; 

10 ‘‘(v) resides in a household that includes an in11 dividual who receives assistance under the food dis12 tribution program on Indian reservations established 

13 under section 4(b) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 

14 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)); or 

15 ‘‘(vi) resides in a household that includes an in16 dividual who receives assistance from a nutrition as17 sistance program funded by the consolidated block 

18 grants for Puerto Rico and the American Samoa es19 tablished under section 19 of the Food and Nutri20 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2028) or funded by a 

21 block grant for the Commonwealth of the Northern 

22 Mariana Islands pursuant to section 601 of Public 

23 Law 96–597 (48 U.S.C. 1469d(c)).’’. 


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1 (b) ADJUNCT DOCUMENTATION.—Section 

2 17(d)(3)(E) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

3 1786(d)(3)(E)) is amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘(E) ADJUNCT DOCUMENTATION.—In 

5 order to participate in the program under this 

6 section pursuant to clause (ii) through (vi) of 

7 paragraph (2)(A), not earlier than 90 days 

8 prior to the date on which the certification or 

9 recertification for participation in the program 

10 is made— 

11 ‘‘(i) an individual shall provide docu12 mentation of receipt of assistance de13 scribed in such clause; or 

14 ‘‘(ii) a State agency shall use available 

15 documentation to show receipt of such as16 sistance.’’. 

17 (c) CERTIFICATION WITHIN ONE HOUSEHOLD FAM18 ILY.—Section 17(d)(3)(A) of the Child Nutrition Act of 

19 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786)(d)(3)(A)) is amended— 

20 (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘clause (ii)’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘clauses (ii) through (viii)’’; 

22 (2) by inserting ‘‘or recertified’’ after ‘‘cer23 tified’’; and 

24 (3) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(iv) CERTIFICATION WITHIN ONE

2 HOUSEHOLD FAMILY.—In order to align 

3 certification periods or recertification ap4 pointments, when a State or local agency 

5 certifies an individual based on income 

6 documentation under subparagraph (D) or 

7 adjunct documentation under subpara8 graph (E), a new certification period that 

9 otherwise meets the requirements of the 

10 program may be initiated for eligible fam11 ily members of such individual. 

12 ‘‘(v) CERTIFICATION OF INFANTS.—A 

13 State shall certify for participation, with14 out further application, an infant born to 

15 a pregnant individual who is participating 

16 in the program pursuant to clause (iii) of 

17 paragraph (2)(A). 

18 ‘‘(vi) RECERTIFICATION.—Before re19 questing new income documentation for 

20 purposes of recertifying an individual 

21 under the program, a State shall— 

22 ‘‘(I) determine whether such indi23 vidual is eligible for recertification 

24 under subparagraph (E); and 


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1 ‘‘(II) if such individual is so eligi2 ble— 

3 ‘‘(aa) recertify such indi4 vidual; and 

5 ‘‘(bb) notify such individual 

6 of such recertification.’’. 

7 (d) EXTENSION OF CHILD CERTIFICATION PERI8 ODS.—Section 17(d)(3)(A)(iii) of the Child Nutrition Act 

9 of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(d)(3)(A)(iii)) is amended by 

10 striking ‘‘1 year’’ and inserting ‘‘2 years’’. 

11 (e) AUTOMATIC ELIGIBILITY FOR CHILDREN IN KIN12 SHIP FAMILIES.—Section 17(f)(1)(C)(ix) of the Child Nu13 trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(f)(1)(C)(ix)) is 

14 amended by inserting ‘‘a kinship family,’’ after ‘‘under the 

15 care of’’. 

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