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2021-03-18
Education and the Workforce Committee
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2021-03-18
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2021-03-18
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2021-03-18
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2021-03-18
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2021-03-18
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2021-03-18
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2021-04-05
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2021-04-05
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2021-04-05
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2021-04-05
WA
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2021-04-05
ME
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2021-04-05
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Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8]
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2021-05-17
NJ
G000587
29
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Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
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2021-05-17
TX
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Ann
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2021-05-17
NH
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Ed
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2021-05-17
HI
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Jahana
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2021-06-15
CT
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2021-06-15
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2021-06-17
PA
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2021-06-28
CA
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2021-06-28
MI
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11
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2021-07-06
CA
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2021-07-16
CA
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2021-07-16
TX
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2021-09-21
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2021-03-18
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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2021-03-18
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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Introduced in House
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2021-03-18T04:00:00Z
Introduced in House
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2021-03-18
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2021-03-18
Education and the Workforce Committee
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2021-03-18
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2021-03-18
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2021-03-18
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2021-04-05
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2021-05-17
NH
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2021-05-17
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2021-06-15
CT
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2021-06-15
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2021-06-28
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2021-07-06
CA
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2021-07-16
CA
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28
Henry
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2021-07-16
TX
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2021-09-21
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2022-03-11
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24
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2022-03-11
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2022-12-21
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2021-03-18
Introduced in House
 <p><b>Wise Investment in Children Act of 2021 or the</b> <b>WIC Act of 20</b><strong>21</strong></p> <p>This bill expands eligibility for children to receive benefits under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).</p> <p>The bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to grant a waiver to a state, on request, that waives certification deadline requirements under the program if such state demonstrates there are unusual technological barriers to implementation, operational costs are not affordable within the nutrition services and administration grant of the state, or it is in the best interest of the program.</p> <p>If a waiver is granted, the bill </p> <ul> <li> extends eligibility for the program until the period that ends on the earlier of the sixth birthday of a child or when the child enters kindergarten;</li> <li>extends the certification period under the program for infants to up to two years, instead of the current one year; and </li> <li>increases the certification time under the program for postpartum women to a period of up to two years. </li> </ul>
2021-07-16T14:19:57Z
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WIC Act of 2021
WIC Act of 2021
Display Title
IH
Introduced in House
To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase the age of eligibility for children to receive benefits under the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children, and for other purposes.
Official Title as Introduced
IH
Introduced in House
WIC Act of 2021
Short Title(s) as Introduced
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Introduced in House
Wise Investment in Children Act of 2021
Short Title(s) as Introduced
2021-03-18
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.