3.0.0 1796 2023-01-11T13:30:06Z 2023-01-11T13:30:06Z Senate S 2015-07-16 114 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-07-16T20:03:56Z Wise Investment in our Children Act 114 2660 HR 2015-11-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Related bill CRS 2015-07-16 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2015-07-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2015-07-16 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2015-07-16 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2015-07-16 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2015-07-16 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2015-11-30 False Agriculture and Food Child health Food assistance and relief Medicaid Women's health Agriculture and Food 00 2015-07-16 Introduced in Senate 2015-08-26T15:32:37Z Wise Investment in our Children Act of 2015 or the WIC Act

This bill amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and title XIX of the Social Security Act (Medicaid) to permit the age limit for children participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to be increased from five to six if a state agency determines it is necessary to accommodate the unique circumstances of an individual child. The bill also permits states to certify infants (under one year of age) participating in the program for a period of up to two years.

]]> WIC Act Display Title WIC Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase the age of eligibility for children to receive benefits under the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children and to allow States to certify infants for participation in that program for a period of 2 years, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced WIC Act Short Titles as Introduced Wise Investment in our Children Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1796is/xml/BILLS-114s1796is.xml 2015-07-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.