I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6781 
To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to permit video or telephone 
certifications under the special supplemental nutrition program for 
women, infants, and children, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 18, 2022 
Mr. LEVIN of Michigan (for himself, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, and Ms. ROY-
BAL-ALLARD) 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 permit video 
or telephone certifications under the special supplemental 
nutrition program for women, infants, and children, and 
for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘More Options to De-
velop and Enhance Remote Nutrition in WIC Act of 
2022’’ or the ‘‘MODERN WIC Act of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. PRESENCE AT CERTIFICATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 17(d)(3)(C) of the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(d)(3)(C)) is 
amended— 
(1) in the subparagraph heading, by striking 
‘‘PHYSICAL PRESENCE’’ and inserting ‘‘PRESENCE’’; 
(2) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘physically present 
at each certification or recertification determination’’ 
and inserting ‘‘present at each certification or recer-
tification, either in person or through video tech-
nology permitting 2-way, real-time interactive com-
munications,’’; and 
(3) in clause (ii)— 
(A) in subclause (I), in the matter pre-
ceding item (aa), by striking ‘‘an infant or 
child’’ and inserting ‘‘any eligible individual’’; 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
subclauses 
(I) 
through (III) as subclauses (II) through (IV), 
respectively; and 
(C) by inserting before subclause (II) (as 
so redesignated) the following: 
‘‘(I) any eligible individual— 
‘‘(aa) who completes the cer-
tification process through a tele-
phone appointment or other re-
mote technology; and 
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‘‘(bb) for whom all necessary 
certification information is ob-
tained not more than 90 days be-
fore or after the certification ap-
pointment;’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 17(d)(3) of 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(d)(3)) 
is amended by conforming the margin of subparagraph 
(B) to the margin of subparagraph (C). 
SEC. 3. REMOTE BENEFIT ISSUANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 17(f)(6)(B) of the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(f)(6)(B)) is 
amended— 
(1) in the third sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘vouchers by mail’’ and in-
serting ‘‘food instruments’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(iii) 
DISAPPROVAL
OF
STATE 
PLAN.—The Secretary’’; 
(2) in the second sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘vouchers by mail in its 
plan’’ and inserting ‘‘food instruments by mail, 
remote issuance, or other means in the State 
plan’’; and 
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