(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2009. 
TITLE XVII—PROVIDING 
SUPPORT TO NEW PARENTS 
SEC. 1701. INCREASED SUPPORT FOR WIC PROGRAM. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The special supplemental nutrition program 
for women, infants, and children (WIC) authorized 
by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1786) serves over 9,000,000 women, infants, 
and children. 
(2) Over half of all infants in the United States 
and 1 in 4 young children under age 5 get crucial 
health and nutrition benefits from the WIC Pro-
gram. 
(3) It is estimated that every dollar spent on 
WIC results in between $1.92 and $4.21 in Medicaid 
savings for newborns and their mothers. 
(4) The WIC program has been proven to in-
crease the number of women receiving prenatal care, 
reduce the incidence of low birth weight and fetal 
mortality, reduce anemia, and enhance the nutri-
tional quality of the diet of mothers and children. 
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(5) The WIC program’s essential, effective nu-
trition services include nutrition assessment, coun-
seling 
and 
education, 
obesity 
prevention, 
breastfeeding support and promotion, prenatal and 
pediatric health care referrals and follow-up, spousal 
and child abuse referral, drug and alcohol abuse re-
ferral, immunization screening, assessment and re-
ferral, and a host of other services for mothers and 
children. 
(6) One in 10 people eligible to participate in 
the WIC program are unable to receive WIC serv-
ices. 
(b) EXTENDING CERTIFICATION PERIOD.—Section 
17(d)(3)(A) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1786(d)(3)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iii) CHILDREN.—A State may elect 
to certify children for a period of 1 year.’’. 
(c) 
PROMOTING
AND
SUPPORTING 
BREASTFEEDING.— 
(1) The second sentence of section 17(a) of the 
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(a)) is 
amended to read as follows: ‘‘It is, therefore, the 
purpose of the program authorized by this section to 
provide, up to the authorization levels set forth in 
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subsection (g) of this section, supplemental foods, 
nutrition education, and breastfeeding support and 
promotion through any eligible local agency that ap-
plies for participation in the program.’’ 
(2) Section 17(h)(10)(B)(iii) of the Child Nutri-
tion Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10(B)(iii)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(iii) $40,000,000 shall be used for 
special 
nutrition 
education 
such 
as 
breastfeeding peer counselors and other re-
lated activities.’’. 
(3) Section 17(h)(1)(C)(ii) of the Child Nutri-
tion Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(1)(C)(ii)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(ii) BREAST PUMPS.—A State agen-
cy may, without restriction, use amounts 
available under clause (i) for the provision 
of breast pumps needed to serve partici-
pants.’’. 
(d) APPROPRIATING FUNDING FOR WIC.—Section 
17(g)(1)(A) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1786(g)(1)(A)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) AUTHORIZATION.—There are author-
ized to be appropriated to carry out this sec-
tion— 
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‘‘(i) $7,777,000,000 for fiscal year 
2010, of which— 
‘‘(I) $40,000,000 shall be made 
available for breastfeeding peer coun-
selors; 
‘‘(II) $40,000,000 shall be made 
available for infrastructure needs; 
‘‘(III) $60,000,000 shall be made 
available for management information 
systems; and 
‘‘(IV) $5,000,000 shall be made 
available to support rigorous health 
outcomes research and evaluation. 
‘‘(ii) such sums as may be necessary 
for fiscal year 2011.’’. 
SEC. 1702. NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT FOR LOW-INCOME PAR-
ENTS. 
Section 5(c)(2) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘30 
percentum’’ and inserting ‘‘85 percent’’. 
SEC. 1703. INCREASED FUNDING FOR THE CHILD CARE AND 
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. 
Section 658B of the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858) is amended 
by striking ‘‘$1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1996 
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through 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘$4,127,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2010 through 2016’’. 
SEC. 1704. FREE HOME VISITS BY TRAINED HOME VISITORS 
FOR EDUCATION ON HEALTH AND DEVELOP-
MENTAL NEEDS OF INFANTS AND TODDLERS 
FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants 
to health departments and schools to provide to eligible 
families, without charge, education on the health and de-
velopmental needs of their infants through visits to their 
homes by trained home visitors. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE
FAMILY.—The term ‘‘eligible 
family’’ means a family that— 
(A) has low income; and 
(B) includes the parents or caregivers of a 
child who has not yet entered kindergarten. 
(2) LOW INCOME.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘low income’’ 
means income not exceeding 200 percent of the 
poverty line for a family of the size involved. 
(B) SPECIAL RULE.—For purposes of this 
section, a family that has low income when the 
provision of home visitation services to the fam-
ily commences shall be considered to have low 
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