[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1796 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1796

    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 to 
allow States to certify infants for participation in that program for a 
               period of 2 years, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 16, 2015

Mr. Casey (for himself, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Warren, and Mrs. 
    Murray) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 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 to 
allow States to certify infants for participation in that program for a 
               period of 2 years, 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 
of 2015'' 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) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (2) and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(2) `Children' means persons who have had their first 
        birthday but have not yet attained their fifth birthday, except 
        in a case in which a State agency determines that the waiver of 
        that age limit is necessary to accommodate--
                    ``(A) the unique circumstances of an individual 
                child; or
                    ``(B) an individual who is at least 1, and less 
                than 6, years of age.'';
            (2) in subsection (d)(3)(A), by adding at the end the 
        following:
                            ``(iv) Infants.--A State may elect to 
                        certify participant infants for a period of up 
                        to 2 years.'';
            (3) in subsection (e)(4)(A), by striking ``up to age 5'' 
        and inserting ``under the age of 6''; and
            (4) 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''.
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