[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2660 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2660

    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.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 4, 2015

   Ms. DeLauro (for herself, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. 
     Rangel, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Lee, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. 
  Schakowsky, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mrs. Torres, Ms. Moore, Mr. 
    Serrano, Mr. Lewis, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Conyers, Ms. Fudge, Mrs. 
 Napolitano, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Hahn, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Farr, Mr. Payne, 
 and Ms. Pingree) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
              the Committee on Education and the Workforce

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Wise Investment in our Children 
Act'' or the ``WIC Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN AGE OF ELIGIBILITY FOR THE SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL 
              NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN.

    Section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786) is 
amended--
            (1) by amending subsection (b)(2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) `Children' means persons who have attained their 
        first birthday but have not yet attained their sixth birthday, 
        except in a case in which a State agency determines that the 
        waiver of such age limit is necessary to accommodate the unique 
        circumstances of an individual child.'';
            (2) in subsection (e)(4)(A), by striking ``up to age 5'' 
        and inserting ``under the age of 6''; and
            (3) in subsection (f)(7)(D)(i), by striking ``age of 5'' 
        and inserting ``age of 6''.

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.

    Section 1902(a)(53)(A) of title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396a(a)(53)(A)) is amended by striking ``age of 5'' and 
inserting ``age of 6''.
                                 <all>