[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 974 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 974
To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require the Secretary of
Agriculture to make publicly available information on infant formula
procurement under the special supplemental nutrition program for women,
infants, and children.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 27, 2023
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 make publicly available information on infant formula
procurement 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
2023''.
SEC. 2. INFANT FORMULA PROCUREMENT ONLINE SOURCE OF INFORMATION.
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) Infant formula procurement online
source of information.--
``(I) In general.--Not later than
180 days after the date of enactment of
this clause, the Secretary shall make
available to the public 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, or a
State agency on behalf of a State
alliance, shall submit to the
Secretary, not later than 5 business
days after the date on which a bid
solicitation is made available online
to bidders by the State, 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
make that description publicly
available.
``(IV) Guidance.--The Secretary
shall issue guidance to implement this
clause.''.
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