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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 126 (Thursday, July 28, 2022)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. TURNER:H.R. 8587.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section VIII, Clause III of the United StatesConstitution[Page H7406]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Improving Newborn Formula Access for a Nutritious Tomorrow Act of 2022 or the</b> <b>INFANT Act of 2022</b></p> <p>This bill revises the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to require state agencies that use a competitive bidding system for infant formula contracts to award such contracts to at least two manufacturers. Additionally, it prohibits states from contracting more than 70% of their WIC infant formula from one manufacturer within a year.</p>]]></text>
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        <title>To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require that State agencies contract with more than one infant formula manufacturer under the special supplemental program for women, infants, and children, and for other purposes.</title>
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