,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hehg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bh1 #bjbb,mr4 
,turner introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,education and ,labor  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend the ,child ,nutrition ,act of     
#aiff to require that ,state agencies   
contract with more than one infant      
formula manufacturer under the special  
supplemental program for women1 infants1
 and children1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,improving ,newborn ,formula    
,access for a ,nutritious ,tomorrow ,act
 of #bjbb or the ,,infant ,act of #bjbb4
  #b4 ,increasing infant formula        
manufacturer contracts under ,,wic      
program ,section #ag of the ,child      
,nutrition ,act of #aiff 7#g ,u4,s4,c4  
#adca7 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection  
7b77#ag71 by striking selects a single  
source 7a single infant formula         
manufacturer7 offering the lowest price1
 as determined by the submission of     

sealed bids1 for a product for which    
bids are sought for use in the program  
authorized by this section and inserting
 selects1 in accordance with subsection 
7h77#h77;iii71 infant formula           
manufacturers1 as determined by the     
submission of sealed bids1 for a product
 for which bids are sought for use in   
the program authorized by this section2 
and  7#b7 in subsection 7h77#h77;,a7--  
7,a7 by amending clause 7iii7 to read as
 follows3  7iii7 ,competitive bidding   
system ,a ,state agency using a         
competitive bidding system for infant   
formula shall award contracts to-- 7,i7 
at least #b manufacturers1 under which  
no manufacturer may receive a contract  
for more than #gj percent of the infant 
formula for which the ,state agency     
contracts in a year2 and  7,,ii7 bidders
 offering the lowest net price for a    
specific infant formula for which       
manufacturers submit a bid unless the   
,state agency demonstrates to the       
satisfaction of the ,secretary that the 

weighted average retail price for       
different brands of infant formula in   
the ,state does not vary by more than #e
 percent4  2 and  7,b7 by striking      
clauses 7v7 and 7vi7 and redesignating  
clauses 7vii7 through 7x7 as 7v7 through
 7viii71 respectively4