118 S974 IS: WIC Healthy Beginnings Act of 2023 U.S. Senate 2023-03-27 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II118th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 974IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESMarch 27, 2023Mr. Marshall (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryA BILLTo amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make publicly available information on infant formula procurement under the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the WIC Healthy Beginnings Act of 2023.

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Infant formula procurement online source of information

Section 17(h)(8)(A) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(8)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the following:(xi)

Infant formula procurement online source of information

(I)

In general

Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this clause, the Secretary shall make available to the public the information described in items (aa) through (dd) of subclause (II) relating to bid solicitations of State agencies for infant formula under the program.(II)

State agencies

In soliciting bids for infant formula under the program, a State agency, or a State agency on behalf of a State alliance, shall submit to the Secretary, not later than 5 business days after the date on which a bid solicitation is made available online to bidders by the State, a description of the bid solicitation, including—(aa)the title of the bid solicitation and the State agency administering the bid solicitation;(bb)the website hyperlink and other information needed for the purpose of submitting a bid in response to the bid solicitation;(cc)the contact information and website hyperlink for the State agency administering the bid solicitation, for the purpose of gathering additional information relating to the bid solicitation; and(dd)the period during which bids are accepted or the due date for bids, as applicable, under the bid solicitation.(III)

Publication

Not later than 5 days after receiving a description of a bid solicitation under subclause (II), the Secretary shall make that description publicly available.(IV)

Guidance

The Secretary shall issue guidance to implement this clause..