118th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To extend eligibility for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) for new moms, and for other purposes.
May 15, 2023
Mrs. McBath (for herself, Ms. Underwood, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Allred, Ms. Barragán, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Budzinski, Ms. Bush, Ms. Caraveo, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Carson, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Craig, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans, Mrs. Foushee, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Green of Texas, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Ivey, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Kuster, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Lofgren, Mrs. McClellan, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Meng, Mr. Mfume, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Mrvan, Mr. Mullin, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Payne, Mr. Phillips, Ms. Porter, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Ruppersberger, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Schneider, Ms. Scholten, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Soto, Ms. Spanberger, Ms. Stansbury, Ms. Strickland, Mrs. Sykes, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Tonko, Mrs. Torres of California, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Trone, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Wexton, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. DelBene, and Mr. Lynch) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
To extend eligibility for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) for new moms, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Extending WIC for New Moms Act”.
SEC. 2. Extending WIC eligibility for new moms.
(a) Extension of postpartum period.—Section 17(b)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(b)(10)) is amended by striking “six months” and inserting “24 months”.
(b) Extension of breastfeeding period.—Section 17(d)(3)(A)(ii) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(d)(3)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking “1 year” and inserting “24 months”.
(c) Report.—Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a report that includes an evaluation of the effect of each of the amendments made by this section on—
(1) maternal and infant health outcomes, including racial and ethnic disparities with respect to such outcomes;
(2) breastfeeding rates among postpartum individuals;
(3) qualitative evaluations of family experiences under the special supplemental nutrition program under section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786); and
(4) other relevant information as determined by the Secretary.
(d) Postpartum defined.—The term “postpartum” refers to the 1-year period beginning on the last day of the pregnancy of an individual.