Title: COVID–19 WIC Safety and Modernization Act
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
COVID-19 WIC Safety and Modernization Act
This bill direct the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a task force on supplemental foods delivery in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
The task force must study measures to streamline the redemption of supplemental foods benefits that promote convenience, safety, and equitable access to supplemental foods for participants in WIC, including online and telephonic purchasing of supplemental foods.
The task force must submit to USDA a report that includes the results of the study and recommendations with respect to such results.
USDA must submit to Congress a report that includes a plan to carry out the recommendations of the task force and an assessment of whether legislative changes are necessary to carry out such plan.
The task force shall terminate on the date USDA submits the report to Congress.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7933 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7933

To establish a task force on supplemental foods delivery in the special 
        supplemental nutrition program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 4, 2020

  Mr. Levin of Michigan (for himself and Ms. Stefanik) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                                 Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish a task force on supplemental foods delivery in the special 
        supplemental nutrition program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``COVID-19 WIC Safety and 
Modernization Act''.

SEC. 2. TASK FORCE ON SUPPLEMENTAL FOODS DELIVERY IN THE SPECIAL 
              SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment of Task Force.--Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall establish a 
task force on supplemental foods delivery in the special supplemental 
nutrition program (in this section referred to as the ``Task Force'').
    (b) Membership.--
            (1) Composition.--The Task Force shall be composed of at 
        least 1 member but not more than 3 members appointed by the 
        Secretary from each of the following:
                    (A) Retailers of supplemental foods.
                    (B) Representatives of State agencies.
                    (C) Representatives of Indian State agencies.
                    (D) Representatives of local agencies.
                    (E) Technology companies with experience 
                maintaining the special supplemental nutrition program 
                information systems and technology, including 
                management information systems or electronic benefit 
                transfer services.
                    (F) Manufacturers of supplemental foods.
                    (G) Participants in the special supplemental 
                nutrition program from diverse locations.
                    (H) Other organizations that have experience with 
                and knowledge of the special supplemental nutrition 
                program.
            (2) Limitation on membership.--The Task Force shall be 
        composed of not more than 20 members.
    (c) Duties.--
            (1) Study.--The Task Force shall study measures to 
        streamline the redemption of supplemental foods benefits that 
        promote convenience, safety, and equitable access to 
        supplemental foods, including infant formula, for participants 
        in the special supplemental nutrition program, including--
                    (A) online and telephonic ordering and curbside 
                pickup of, and payment for, supplemental foods;
                    (B) online and telephonic purchasing of 
                supplemental foods;
                    (C) home delivery of supplemental foods;
                    (D) self checkout for purchases of supplemental 
                foods; and
                    (E) other measures that limit or eliminate consumer 
                presence in a physical store.
            (2) Report by task force.--Not later than September 30, 
        2021, the Task Force shall submit to the Secretary a report 
        that includes--
                    (A) the results of the study required under 
                paragraph (1); and
                    (B) recommendations with respect to such results.
            (3) Report by secretary.--Not later than 45 days after 
        receiving the report required under paragraph (2), the 
        Secretary shall--
                    (A) submit to Congress a report that includes--
                            (i) a plan with respect to carrying out the 
                        recommendations received by the Secretary in 
                        such report under paragraph (2); and
                            (ii) an assessment of whether legislative 
                        changes are necessary to carry out such plan; 
                        and
                    (B) notify the Task Force of the submission of the 
                report required under subparagraph (A).
            (4) Publication.--The Secretary shall make publicly 
        available on the website of the Department of Agriculture--
                    (A) the report received by the Secretary under 
                paragraph (2); and
                    (B) the report submitted by the Secretary under 
                paragraph (3)(A).
    (d) Termination.--The Task Force shall terminate on the date the 
Secretary submits the report required under paragraph (3)(A).
    (e) Nonapplicability of FACA.--The Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Task Force.
    (f) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Local agency.--The term ``local agency'' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 17(b) of the Child Nutrition 
        Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(b)).
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Agriculture.
            (3) Special supplemental nutrition program.--The term 
        ``special supplemental nutrition program'' means the special 
        supplemental nutrition program under section 17 of the Child 
        Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786).
            (4) State agency.--The term ``State agency'' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 17(b) of the Child Nutrition 
        Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(b)).
            (5) Supplemental foods.--The term ``supplemental foods'' 
        has the meaning given the term in section 17(b) of the Child 
        Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(b)).
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