3.0.0 2358 2022-11-01T13:50:14Z 2022-11-01T13:50:14Z Senate S 2019-07-31 116 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-07-31T16:36:17Z WIC Act of 2020 116 6811 HR 2020-05-12 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Related bill CRS 2019-07-31 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2019-07-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2019-07-31 True Agriculture and Food Child health Food assistance and relief Nutrition and diet Poverty and welfare assistance State and local government operations Women's health Agriculture and Food 00 2019-07-31 Introduced in Senate 2019-11-13T17:26:32Z Wise Investment in Children Act of 2019 or the WIC Act of 2019

This bill expands eligibility for children to receive benefits under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).

Specifically, the bill

  • allows states to extend eligibility for the program until the period that ends on the earlier of the sixth birthday of a child or when the child enters kindergarten;
  • extends the certification period under the program for infants to two years, instead of the current one year; and
  • authorizes states to increase the certification time under the program for breastfeeding and non-breastfeeding women to two years postpartum.
]]> WIC Act of 2019 Display Title WIC Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced WIC Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Wise Investment in Children Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS 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 for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2358is/xml/BILLS-116s2358is.xml 2019-07-31 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.