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H.R. 7603 117th Congress House

WIC Healthy Beginnings Act of 2022

Official title: 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 for… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: 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.

Introduced: April 27, 2022 Introduced by: Lucy McBath Democratic · Georgia See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Apr 27, 2022
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 Latest action April 27, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

WIC Healthy Beginnings Act of 2022

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to maintain a publicly available, searchable database that contains solicitations for infant formula bids under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).

Under current law, state agencies must control infant formula costs in the WIC program through competitive bidding for infant formula rebate contracts. The bill requires state WIC agencies to provide USDA with open solicitations for these competitive bids to populate the database.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 4692 WIC Healthy Beginnings Act of 2022
  • S 3216 WIC Healthy Beginnings Act of 2021
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 1 Republican 2
D
Grijalva, Raúl M.
Arizona · Jun 8, 2022
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 12, 2022
Luria, Elaine
· May 11, 2022
Levin, Andy
· Apr 27, 2022
 R
McClain, Lisa C.
Michigan · Apr 27, 2022
 R
Miller-Meeks, Mariannette
Iowa · Apr 27, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7603: WIC Healthy Beginnings Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7603/
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"H.R. 7603: WIC Healthy Beginnings Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7603/.
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