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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7603 
To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require the Secretary of 
Agriculture to establish a publicly available database of bid solicitations 
for infant formula under the special supplemental nutrition program 
for women, infants, and children. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2022 
Mrs. MCBATH (for herself, Mrs. MCCLAIN, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, and Mrs. 
MILLER-MEEKS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require the 
Secretary of Agriculture to establish a publicly available 
database of bid solicitations for infant formula under 
the special supplemental nutrition program for women, 
infants, and children. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘WIC Healthy Begin-
nings Act of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. DATABASE OF BID SOLICITATIONS FOR INFANT 
FORMULA UNDER THE WIC PROGRAM. 
Section 17(h)(8)(A) of the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(8)(A)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(xi) DATABASE
OF
BID
SOLICITA-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Not later 
than 2 years after the date of enact-
ment of this clause, the Secretary 
shall make available to the public the 
information described in items (aa) 
through (dd) of subclause (II) relating 
to bid solicitations of State agencies 
for infant formula under the program. 
‘‘(II) STATE AGENCIES.—In so-
liciting bids for infant formula under 
the program, a State agency, or a 
State agency on behalf of a State alli-
ance, shall submit to the Secretary, 
not later than 5 business days after 
the date when the bid solicitation is 
made available online to bidders by 
the State, a description of the bid so-
licitation, including— 
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‘‘(aa) the title of the bid so-
licitation and the State agency 
administering the bid solicitation 
if not available via the website 
hyperlink; 
‘‘(bb) the website hyperlink 
and other information needed for 
the purpose of submitting a bid 
in response to the bid solicitation 
if not available via the website 
hyperlink; 
‘‘(cc) the contact informa-
tion and website hyperlink for 
the State agency administering 
the bid solicitation, for the pur-
pose of gathering additional in-
formation relating to the bid so-
licitation; and 
‘‘(dd) 
the 
period 
during 
which bids are accepted or the 
due date for bids, as applicable, 
under the bid solicitation. 
‘‘(III) PUBLICATION.—Not later 
than 10 days after receiving a descrip-
tion of a bid solicitation under sub-
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clause (II), the Secretary shall publish 
the information on the database es-
tablished under subclause (I). 
‘‘(IV) 
GUIDANCE.—The 
Sec-
retary shall issue guidance to imple-
ment this clause. 
‘‘(V) LIABILITY LIMITATION.—A 
State, State agency, or the Federal 
Government shall not be liable in a 
civil suit or claim in a State or Fed-
eral court based on the performance 
or failure to perform a duty, function, 
or activity required by this clause.’’. 
Æ 
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