[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4989 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4989

  To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary of 
  Agriculture to allow infant food combinations and dinners under the 
    special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and 
                   children, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2023

 Ms. De La Cruz (for herself and Mr. Moylan) 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 direct the Secretary of 
  Agriculture to allow infant food combinations and dinners 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 ``Healthy Babies Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. INFANT FOOD COMBINATIONS AND DINNERS UNDER WIC.

    Section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(t) Infant Food Combinations and Dinners.--Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall 
update the regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (f)(11)(A) to 
amend the supplemental foods available to include infant food 
combinations and dinners.''.
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