S 3216
117th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
WIC Healthy Beginnings Act of 2021
Introduced: November 17, 2021
Introduced by:
Marshall, Roger
Republican
· Kansas
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Became law
Nov 17, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Nov 17, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
WIC Healthy Beginnings Act of 2021
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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1