I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3151 
To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require the Secretary of 
Agriculture to make publicly available information on infant formula 
procurement under the special supplemental nutrition program for 
women, infants, and children. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 9, 2023 
Mrs. MCBATH (for herself, Mrs. MCCLAIN, Ms. STEVENS, and Mrs. MILLER- 
MEEKS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require the 
Secretary of Agriculture to make publicly available infor-
mation on infant formula procurement 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 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. INFANT FORMULA PROCUREMENT ONLINE SOURCE 
OF INFORMATION. 
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) INFANT
FORMULA
PROCURE-
MENT
ONLINE
SOURCE
OF
INFORMA-
TION.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Not later 
than 180 days 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 on which a 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; 
‘‘(bb) the website hyperlink 
and other information needed for 
the purpose of submitting a bid 
in response to the bid solicitation; 
‘‘(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 5 days after receiving a descrip-
tion of a bid solicitation under sub-
clause (II), the Secretary shall make 
that description publicly available. 
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‘‘(IV) 
GUIDANCE.—The 
Sec-
retary shall issue guidance to imple-
ment this clause.’’. 
Æ 
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