[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5757 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5757

      To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to extend certain 
 certification periods for the special supplemental nutrition program 
       for women, infants, and children, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 27, 2023

 Mrs. Hayes (for herself, Ms. Adams, Mr. Bowman, Ms. Brown, Ms. Bush, 
 Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. Carson, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. 
 Chu, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. 
  DeSaulnier, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Ms. 
Scanlon, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Jackson 
 of Illinois, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. 
Kamlager-Dove, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Keating, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mrs. 
McBath, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Moore of 
  Wisconsin, Mr. Mullin, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Norton, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
 Pocan, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Titus, 
  Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Torres of New York, Ms. Velazquez, Mrs. 
  Watson Coleman, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. 
 Dean of Pennsylvania, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, 
 Mr. Courtney, and Mr. Himes) introduced the following bill; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
      To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to extend certain 
 certification periods for 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 ``WIC for Kids Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN WIC CERTIFICATION PERIODS.

    (a) Expansion of Adjunctive Eligibility.--Section 17(d)(2)(A) of 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(d)(2)(A)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (ii)--
                    (A) in subclause (I), by inserting ``resides in a 
                household (as such term is defined in section 3 of the 
                Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012)) that 
                includes an individual who'' before ``receives''; and
                    (B) in subclause (II), by striking ``; or'' and 
                inserting a semicolon;
            (2) by amending clause (iii) to read as follows:
                            ``(iii)(I) receives medical assistance 
                        under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 
                        U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) or child health assistance 
                        under title XXI of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1397aa 
                        et seq.); or
                            ``(II) is a member of a family in which a 
                        pregnant woman, postpartum woman, infant, or 
                        child receives such assistance or is enrolled 
                        as described in subclause (I);''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(iv) is enrolled as a Head Start participant in a program 
        authorized under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.) or 
        resides in a household in which one or more children is 
        enrolled as a participant in such a Head Start program;
            ``(v) resides in a household that includes an individual 
        who receives assistance under the food distribution program on 
        Indian reservations established under section 4(b) of the Food 
        and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)); or
            ``(vi) resides in a household that includes an individual 
        who receives assistance from a nutrition assistance program 
        funded by the consolidated block grants for Puerto Rico and the 
        American Samoa established under section 19 of the Food and 
        Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2028) or funded by a block 
        grant for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 
        pursuant to section 601 of Public Law 96-597 (48 U.S.C. 
        1469d(c)).''.
    (b) Adjunct Documentation.--Section 17(d)(3)(E) of the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(d)(3)(E)) is amended to read as 
follows:
                    ``(E) Adjunct documentation.--In order to 
                participate in the program under this section pursuant 
                to clause (ii) through (vi) of paragraph (2)(A), not 
                earlier than 90 days prior to the date on which the 
                certification or recertification for participation in 
                the program is made--
                            ``(i) an individual shall provide 
                        documentation of receipt of assistance 
                        described in such clause; or
                            ``(ii) a State agency shall use available 
                        documentation to show receipt of such 
                        assistance.''.
    (c) Certification Within One Household Family.--Section 17(d)(3)(A) 
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786)(d)(3)(A)) is 
amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``clause (ii)'' and 
        inserting ``clauses (ii) through (viii)'';
            (2) by inserting ``or recertified'' after ``certified''; 
        and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iv) Certification within one household 
                        family.--In order to align certification 
                        periods or recertification appointments, when a 
                        State or local agency certifies an individual 
                        based on income documentation under 
                        subparagraph (D) or adjunct documentation under 
                        subparagraph (E), a new certification period 
                        that otherwise meets the requirements of the 
                        program may be initiated for eligible family 
                        members of such individual.
                            ``(v) Certification of infants.--A State 
                        shall certify for participation, without 
                        further application, an infant born to a 
                        pregnant individual who is participating in the 
                        program pursuant to clause (iii) of paragraph 
                        (2)(A).
                            ``(vi) Recertification.--Before requesting 
                        new income documentation for purposes of 
                        recertifying an individual under the program, a 
                        State shall--
                                    ``(I) determine whether such 
                                individual is eligible for 
                                recertification under subparagraph (E); 
                                and
                                    ``(II) if such individual is so 
                                eligible--
                                            ``(aa) recertify such 
                                        individual; and
                                            ``(bb) notify such 
                                        individual of such 
                                        recertification.''.
    (d) Extension of Child Certification Periods.--Section 
17(d)(3)(A)(iii) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1786(d)(3)(A)(iii)) is amended by striking ``1 year'' and inserting ``2 
years''.
    (e) Automatic Eligibility for Children in Kinship Families.--
Section 17(f)(1)(C)(ix) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1786(f)(1)(C)(ix)) is amended by inserting ``a kinship family,'' after 
``under the care of''.
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