Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 shall 
not apply to the amendments made by section 202 of such 
Act. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2006. 
TITLE XIII—PROVIDING 
SUPPORT TO NEW PARENTS 
SEC. 1301. INCREASED SUPPORT FOR WIC PROGRAM. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The special supplemental nutrition program 
for women, infants, and children (WIC) authorized 
in the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786) 
serves over 8,000,000 women, infants, and children. 
(2) 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 Program. 
(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) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purpose of carrying out the special supplemental nutrition 
program for women, infants, and children (WIC) (42 
U.S.C. 1786), there is authorized to be appropriated 
$5,388,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, of which there is au-
thorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for breast-feed-
ing peer counselors, $14,000,000 for infrastructure needs, 
and $30,000,000 for management information systems. 
SEC. 1302. NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT FOR LOW-INCOME PAR-
ENTS. 
Section 5(c)(2) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 
2014(c)(2)) 
is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘30 
percentum’’ and inserting ‘‘85 percentum’’. 
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SEC. 1303. INCREASED FUNDING FOR THE CHILD CARE AND 
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
658B of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 658B. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subchapter $2,350,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 and 
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2007 
through 2011.’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
658E(c)(3)(D) of the Child Care and Development Block 
Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(3)(D)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘1997 through 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2007 
through 2011’’. 
SEC. 1304. TEENAGE OR FIRST-TIME MOTHERS; FREE HOME 
VISITS BY REGISTERED NURSES FOR EDU-
CATION ON HEALTH NEEDS OF INFANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants 
to local health departments to provide to eligible mothers, 
without charge, education on the health needs of their in-
fants through visits to their homes by registered nurses. 
(b) ELIGIBLE MOTHER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection 
(a), a woman is an eligible mother if, subject to 
paragraph (2), the woman— 
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(A) is the mother of an infant who is not 
more than 12 months of age; and 
(B)(i) the woman was under the age of 20 
at the time of birth; or 
(ii) the infant referred to in subparagraph 
(A) is the first child of the woman. 
(2) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN 
MOTHERS.—In the case of a woman described in 
paragraph (1)(B)(ii) who is 20 years of age or older, 
the woman is an eligible mother for purposes of sub-
section (a) only if the woman meets such standards 
in addition to the applicable standards under para-
graph (1) as the local health department involved 
determines to be appropriate. 
(c) CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.—A grant may be 
made under subsection (a) only if the applicant involved 
agrees as follows: 
(1) The program carried out under such sub-
section by the applicant will be designed to instill in 
eligible mothers confidence in their abilities to pro-
vide for the health needs of their newborns, includ-
ing through— 
(A) providing information on child develop-
ment; and 
(B) soliciting questions from the mothers. 
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(2) The registered nurses who make home visits 
under subsection (a) will, as needed, provide refer-
rals for health and social services to serve the needs 
of the newborns. 
(3) The period during which the visits will be 
available to an eligible mother will not be fewer than 
six months. 
(4) An eligible mother will not receive more 
than one visit each month during the period in 
which such visits are available to the woman. 
(d) AUTHORIZED SERVICES.— 
(1) REQUIREMENTS.—A grant may be made 
under subsection (a) only if the applicant involved 
agrees that the following services will be provided by 
registered nurses in home visits under subsection 
(a): 
(A) Information on child health and devel-
opment, including suggestions for child-develop-
mental activities that are enjoyable for parents 
and children. 
(B) Advice on parenting, including infor-
mation on how to develop a strong parent-child 
relationship. 
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