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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, in-
fants, 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-MCCOR-
MICK, 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 Flor-
ida, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. 
HOYLE of Oregon, Mr. COURTNEY, and Mr. HIMES) introduced the fol-
lowing 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 nutri-
tion program for women, infants, and children, and for 
other purposes. 
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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 for Kids Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN WIC CERTIFICATION PERI-
ODS. 
(a) EXPANSION OF ADJUNCTIVE ELIGIBILITY.—Sec-
tion 17(d)(2)(A) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1786(d)(2)(A)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (ii)— 
(A) in subclause (I), by inserting ‘‘resides 
in a household (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2012)) that includes an individual 
who’’ before ‘‘receives’’; and 
(B) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘; or’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(2) by amending clause (iii) to read as follows: 
‘‘(iii)(I) receives medical assistance 
under title XIX of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) or child health 
assistance under title XXI of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.); or 
‘‘(II) is a member of a family in which 
a pregnant woman, postpartum woman, in-
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fant, or child receives such assistance or is 
enrolled as described in subclause (I);’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iv) is enrolled as a Head Start participant in 
a program authorized under the Head Start Act (42 
U.S.C. 9831 et seq.) or resides in a household in 
which one or more children is enrolled as a partici-
pant in such a Head Start program; 
‘‘(v) resides in a household that includes an in-
dividual who receives assistance under the food dis-
tribution program on Indian reservations established 
under section 4(b) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)); or 
‘‘(vi) resides in a household that includes an in-
dividual who receives assistance from a nutrition as-
sistance program funded by the consolidated block 
grants for Puerto Rico and the American Samoa es-
tablished under section 19 of the Food and Nutri-
tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2028) or funded by a 
block grant for the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands pursuant to section 601 of Public 
Law 96–597 (48 U.S.C. 1469d(c)).’’. 
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(b) 
ADJUNCT
DOCUMENTATION.—Section 
17(d)(3)(E) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1786(d)(3)(E)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(E) 
ADJUNCT
DOCUMENTATION.—In 
order to participate in the program under this 
section pursuant to clause (ii) through (vi) of 
paragraph (2)(A), not earlier than 90 days 
prior to the date on which the certification or 
recertification for participation in the program 
is made— 
‘‘(i) an individual shall provide docu-
mentation of receipt of assistance de-
scribed in such clause; or 
‘‘(ii) a State agency shall use available 
documentation to show receipt of such as-
sistance.’’. 
(c) CERTIFICATION WITHIN ONE HOUSEHOLD FAM-
ILY.—Section 17(d)(3)(A) of the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786)(d)(3)(A)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘clause (ii)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘clauses (ii) through (viii)’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘or recertified’’ after ‘‘cer-
tified’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(iv) CERTIFICATION
WITHIN
ONE 
HOUSEHOLD
FAMILY.—In order to align 
certification periods or recertification ap-
pointments, when a State or local agency 
certifies an individual based on income 
documentation under subparagraph (D) or 
adjunct documentation under subpara-
graph (E), a new certification period that 
otherwise meets the requirements of the 
program may be initiated for eligible fam-
ily members of such individual. 
‘‘(v) CERTIFICATION OF INFANTS.—A 
State shall certify for participation, with-
out further application, an infant born to 
a pregnant individual who is participating 
in the program pursuant to clause (iii) of 
paragraph (2)(A). 
‘‘(vi) RECERTIFICATION.—Before re-
questing new income documentation for 
purposes of recertifying an individual 
under the program, a State shall— 
‘‘(I) determine whether such indi-
vidual is eligible for recertification 
under subparagraph (E); and 
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‘‘(II) if such individual is so eligi-
ble— 
‘‘(aa) recertify such indi-
vidual; and 
‘‘(bb) notify such individual 
of such recertification.’’. 
(d) EXTENSION
OF CHILD CERTIFICATION PERI-
ODS.—Section 17(d)(3)(A)(iii) of the Child Nutrition Act 
of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(d)(3)(A)(iii)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘1 year’’ and inserting ‘‘2 years’’. 
(e) AUTOMATIC ELIGIBILITY FOR CHILDREN IN KIN-
SHIP FAMILIES.—Section 17(f)(1)(C)(ix) of the Child Nu-
trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(f)(1)(C)(ix)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘a kinship family,’’ after ‘‘under the 
care of’’. 
Æ 
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