S 3127
111th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
Child health
Food assistance and relief
Medical research
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Women's health
A bill to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require regular updating of the supplemental foods provided under the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children.
Introduced: March 16, 2010
Introduced by:
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
Democratic
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 16, 2010
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Mar 16, 2010
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to arrange for the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to review, at least once every 10 years, the most recent nutrition science and make recommendations for changes in the supplemental foods available under the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC).
Directs the Secretary to alter the supplemental foods available under such program so they reflect the Institute of Medicine's findings.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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