3.0.0 3364 2025-12-05T08:54:06Z 2025-12-05T08:54:06Z House H HR 2023-05-16 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3364 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 82 (Tuesday, May 16, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. DeLAURO:H.R. 3364.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Congress with thepower to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and amongthe several states, and with the Indian tribes.''The single subject of this legislation is:Bipartisan legislation helping to expand WIC by closing thenutrition gap among children.[Page H2377]</pre> hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee House Standing Referred To 2023-05-16T14:00:20Z 118 1604 S 2023-05-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Related bill CRS 2023-05-16 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee 2023-05-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-05-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000216 Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] ROSA DELAURO D CT 3 N S001156 Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] Linda Sánchez D CA T. 38 2023-05-16 True G000582 Rescom. González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon R PR 0 2023-05-16 True S001216 Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] Kim Schrier D WA 8 2023-05-16 True F000466 Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] Brian Fitzpatrick R PA K. 1 2023-05-16 True S001221 Rep. Scholten, Hillary J. [D-MI-3] Hillary Scholten D MI J. 3 2023-08-18 False F000468 Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie [D-TX-7] Lizzie Fletcher D TX 7 2024-03-20 False L000602 Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12] Summer Lee D PA L. 12 2024-06-07 False Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food 2023-05-26T14:00:26Z

00 2023-05-16 Introduced in House 2024-01-24T20:40:25Z <p><b>Wise Investment in Children Act of 2023 or the</b> <b>WIC Act of 2023</b><strong></strong></p> <p>This bill expands eligibility for children to receive benefits under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).</p> <p>Specifically, the bill </p> <ul> <li> extends 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;</li> <li>extends the certification period under the program for infants to up to two years, instead of the current one year; and </li> <li>increases the certification time under the program for postpartum women to a period of up to two years.</li> </ul> <p>The bill also authorizes the Department of Agriculture to grant a waiver to a state, on request, that waives certification deadline requirements for the eligibility extensions if such state demonstrates there are unusual technological barriers to implementation, operational costs are not affordable within the nutrition services and administration grant of the state, or it is in the best interest of the program.</p>

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