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115th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3529
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 28, 2017Mr. Brat introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children to cover certain vitamins.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the WIC Improvement Act.
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Eligibility to purchase certain vitamins under the WIC program
Section 17(b)(14) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(b)(14)) is amended—
(1) by striking (14) Supplemental foods means those foods and inserting the following:
(14)
Supplemental foods; multivitamin dietary supplements
(A)
Supplemental foods
The term supplemental foods means those foods or multivitamin dietary supplements
; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
(B)
Multivitamin dietary supplement
The term multivitamin dietary supplement means a multivitamin dietary supplement—
(i) labeled in accordance with part 101 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of the WIC Improvement Act); and
(ii) that increases the availability of low-cost, high nutrient alternatives for the population served by the program authorized by this section.
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