[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3216 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 3216
To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require the Secretary of
Agriculture to establish a publicly available database of bid
solicitations for infant formula under the special supplemental
nutrition program for women, infants, and children.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 17, 2021
Mr. Marshall (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand) 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 require the Secretary of
Agriculture to establish a publicly available database of bid
solicitations for infant formula under the special supplemental
nutrition program for women, infants, and children.
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 Healthy Beginnings Act of
2021''.
SEC. 2. DATABASE OF BID SOLICITATIONS FOR INFANT FORMULA UNDER THE WIC
PROGRAM.
Section 17(h)(8)(A) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C.
1786(h)(8)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(xi) Database of bid solicitations.--
``(I) In general.--Not later than
180 days after the date of enactment of
this clause, the Secretary shall make
available to the public on a website of
the Department of Agriculture a fully
searchable database that shall contain
the information described in items (aa)
through (dd) of subclause (II) relating
to bid solicitations of State agencies
for infant formula under the program.
``(II) State agencies.--In
soliciting bids for infant formula
under the program, a State agency shall
submit to the Secretary, not later than
5 business days after the date of the
bid solicitation, a description of the
bid solicitation, including--
``(aa) the title of the bid
solicitation and the State
agency administering the bid
solicitation;
``(bb) the website
hyperlink and other information
needed for the purpose of
submitting a bid in response to
the bid solicitation;
``(cc) the contact
information and website
hyperlink for the State agency
administering the bid
solicitation, for the purpose
of gathering additional
information relating to the bid
solicitation; and
``(dd) the period during
which bids are accepted or the
due date for bids, as
applicable, under the bid
solicitation.
``(III) Publication.--Not later
than 5 days after receiving a
description of a bid solicitation under
subclause (II), the Secretary shall
publish the information on the database
established under subclause (I).
``(IV) Guidance.--The Secretary
shall issue guidance to implement this
clause.
``(V) Liability limitation.--A
State, State agency, or the Federal
Government shall not be liable in a
civil suit or claim in a State or
Federal court based on the performance
or failure to perform a duty, function,
or activity required by this clause.''.
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