Extending WIC for New Moms Act

Subjects: Agriculture and Food


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3332 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3332

 To extend eligibility for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program 
  for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) for new moms, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 15, 2023

 Mrs. McBath (for herself, Ms. Underwood, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Allred, Ms. 
Barragan, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Blunt 
  Rochester, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Budzinski, Ms. Bush, Ms. Caraveo, Mr. 
     Carbajal, Mr. Carson, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mrs. Cherfilus-
 McCormick, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Craig, 
  Ms. Crockett, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
  Escobar, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans, Mrs. Foushee, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. 
   Garcia of Texas, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Green of Texas, Mrs. 
 Hayes, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Ivey, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, 
 Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. 
 Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Kuster, Ms. Lee of California, 
Mr. Lieu, Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. McClellan, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
  Meeks, Ms. Meng, Mr. Mfume, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Moore of 
  Wisconsin, Mr. Mrvan, Mr. Mullin, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Neguse, Ms. 
  Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Payne, Mr. Phillips, Ms. Porter, Ms. 
Pressley, Mr. Ruppersberger, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Schiff, Mr. 
 Schneider, Ms. Scholten, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Sewell, Mr. 
   Smith of Washington, Mr. Soto, Ms. Spanberger, Ms. Stansbury, Ms. 
 Strickland, Mrs. Sykes, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. 
 Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Tonko, Mrs. Torres of California, Mrs. Trahan, 
    Mr. Trone, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Wasserman 
Schultz, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Wexton, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mr. 
 Pascrell, Ms. DelBene, and Mr. Lynch) introduced the following bill; 
   which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To extend eligibility for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program 
  for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) for new moms, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Extending WIC for New Moms Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENDING WIC ELIGIBILITY FOR NEW MOMS.

    (a) Extension of Postpartum Period.--Section 17(b)(10) of the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(b)(10)) is amended by striking 
``six months'' and inserting ``24 months''.
    (b) Extension of Breastfeeding Period.--Section 17(d)(3)(A)(ii) of 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(d)(3)(A)(ii)) is 
amended by striking ``1 year'' and inserting ``24 months''.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment 
of this section, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to Congress 
a report that includes an evaluation of the effect of each of the 
amendments made by this section on--
            (1) maternal and infant health outcomes, including racial 
        and ethnic disparities with respect to such outcomes;
            (2) breastfeeding rates among postpartum individuals;
            (3) qualitative evaluations of family experiences under the 
        special supplemental nutrition program under section 17 of the 
        Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786); and
            (4) other relevant information as determined by the 
        Secretary.
    (d) Postpartum Defined.--The term ``postpartum'' refers to the 1-
year period beginning on the last day of the pregnancy of an 
individual.
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