,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #egdj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #aj1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia 7for      
himself1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1 ,mr4           
,walkinshaw1 ,ms4 ,hoyle of ,oregon1    
,mr4 ,davis of ,illinois1 ,ms4          
,velzquez1 ,ms4 ,ansari1 ,ms4 ,norton1  
,mr4 ,bell1 ,ms4 ,kelly of ,illinois1   
,mrs4 ,hayes1 ,mrs4 ,mc,iver1 ,ms4 ,lee 
of ,pennsylvania1 ,ms4 ,simon1 ,ms4     
,ross1 ,ms4 ,adams1 ,ms4 ,tokuda1 ,mr4  
,olszewski1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1  
,mrs4 ,mc,clain ,delaney1 ,mr4          
,magaziner1 ,mr4 ,moulton1 ,ms4 ,tlaib1 
,mr4 ,jackson of ,illinois1 ,mr4        
,thompson of ,mississippi1 ,ms4         
,crockett1 ,ms4 ,brown1 ,mrs4 ,dingell1 
,mrs4 ,mc,bath1 ,mr4 ,vindman1 ,mr4     
,khanna1 ,mr4 ,casar1 ,mr4 ,ivey1 ,ms4  
,omar1 ,mr4 ,bishop1 ,mr4 ,thanedar1    
,mr4 ,cleaver1 ,ms4 ,lois ,frankel of   
,florida1 ,mr4 ,horsford1 ,ms4 ,jacobs1 
,ms4 ,salinas1 ,ms4 ,mc,clellan1 ,mr4   
,de,saulnier1 ,mr4 ,carter of           

,louisiana1 ,ms4 ,wasserman ,schultz1   
,ms4 ,elfreth1 ,ms4 ,williams of        
,georgia1 ,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1 ,mr4
 ,torres of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1
 ,mr4 ,gottheimer1 ,mr4 ,amo1 ,ms4      
,leger ,fernandez1 ,ms4 ,ocasio-,cortez1
 ,ms4 ,morrison1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,ms4 
,rivas1 and ,mr4 ,garamendi7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,education and     
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,child ,nutrition ,act of #aiff to      
require mandatory funding for the       
special supplemental nutrition program  
for women1 infants1 and children1 and   
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,,wic    
,benefits ,protection ,act4  #b4        
,mandatory funding for ,,wic  7a7       
,program required ,section #ag7;c7 of   
the ,child ,nutrition ,act of #aiff 7#db
 ,u4,s4,c4 #aghf7;c77 is amended-- 7#a7 
in paragraph 7#a71 by striking may carry
 out and inserting shall carry out2     
7#b7 in paragraph 7#b7-- 7,a7 by        

striking the matter preceding           
subparagraph 7,a72 and  7,b7 by         
redesignating subparagraphs 7,a7 and    
7,b7 as paragraphs 7#b7 and 7#c71       
respectively2  7#c7 in paragraph 7#b71  
as so redesignated--  7,a7 by striking  
the ,secretary and inserting ,the       
,secretary2 and  7,b7 by striking 1 and 
and inserting a period2 and  7#d7 in    
paragraph 7#c71 as so redesignated1 by  
striking any ,state and inserting ,any  
,state4  7b7 ,eligibility ,section      
#ag7;d77#a7 of the ,child ,nutrition    
,act of #aiff 7#db ,u4,s4,c4            
#aghf7;d77#a77 is amended by striking   
,participation in the program under this
 section shall be limited to and        
inserting ,individuals who are eligible 
to participate in the program under this
 section shall be4  7c7 ,appropriations 
,section #ag7;g7 of the ,child          
,nutrition ,act of #aiff 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 
#aghf7;g77 is amended-- 7#a7 in the     
heading1 by striking ,authorization of2 
and  7#b7 by amending subparagraph 7,a7 

of paragraph 7#a7 to read as follows3   
7,a7 ,appropriations ,in addition to    
amounts otherwise available1 there are  
appropriated1 out of any money in the   
,treasury not otherwise appropriated1   
such sums as are necessary to carry out 
this section for fiscal year #bjbf and  
each succeeding fiscal year4  4