[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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