,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #agif  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #af1     
#bjae ,mr4 ,casey 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,sanders1 ,ms4 ,mikulski1 ,ms4 ,warren1 
and ,mrs4 ,murray7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,child         
,nutrition ,act of #aiff to increase the
 age of eligibility for children to     
receive benefits under the special      
supplemental nutrition program for      
women1 infants1 and children and to     
allow ,states to certify infants for    
participation in that program for a     
period of #b years1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,wise ,investment in
 our ,children ,act of #bjae or the     
,,wic ,act4  #b4 ,increase in age of    
eligibility for the special supplemental
 nutrition program for women1 infants1  
and children ,section #ag of the ,child 

,nutrition ,act of #aiff 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 
#aghf7 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection  
7b71 by striking paragraph 7#b7 and     
inserting the following3  7#b7 ,children
 means persons who have had their first 
birthday but have not yet attained their
 fifth birthday1 except in a case in    
which a ,state agency determines that   
the waiver of that age limit is         
necessary to accommodate--  7,a7 the    
unique circumstances of an individual   
child2 or  7,b7 an individual who is at 
least #a1 and less than #f1 years of    
age4  2  7#b7 in subsection             
7d77#c77;,a71 by adding at the end the  
following3  7iv7 ,infants ,a ,state may 
elect to certify participant infants for
 a period of up to #b years4  2  7#c7 in
 subsection 7e77#d77;,a71 by striking up
 to age #e and inserting under the age  
of #f2 and  7#d7 in subsection          
7f77#g77;,d77i71 by striking age of #e  
and inserting age of #f4  #c4           
,conforming amendment to ,social        
,security ,act ,section                 

#aijb7;a77#ec77;,a7 of title ,,xix of   
the ,social ,security ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #acif;a7a77#ec77;,a77 is      
amended by striking age of #e and       
inserting age of #f4