3.0.0 1604 2025-12-05T08:54:11Z 2025-12-05T08:54:11Z Senate S S 2023-05-15 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1604 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-05-15T22:27:12Z 118 3364 HR 2023-05-16 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Related bill CRS 2023-05-15 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2023-05-15 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. 2023-05-15 True Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food 2023-05-30T15:30:21Z

00 2023-05-15 Introduced in Senate 2024-01-25T11:57:08Z <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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