,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hjee  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bd1          
#bjbf,mrs4 ,mc,bath 7for herself1 ,ms4  
,adams1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,mrs4 ,sykes1 ,ms4
 ,williams of ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,scholten1 
,mr4 ,huffman1 ,mrs4 ,foushee1 ,ms4     
,mc,clellan1 ,ms4 ,underwood1 ,ms4      
,mc,collum1 ,mr4 ,mullin1 ,mr4 ,tonko1  
,mr4 ,schneider1 ,ms4 ,scanlon1 ,ms4    
,strickland1 ,ms4 ,brownley1 ,mr4       
,carbajal1 ,ms4 ,dean of ,pennsylvania1 
,mrs4 ,torres of ,california1 ,ms4      
,jayapal1 ,mr4 ,torres of ,new ,york1   
,mr4 ,cleaver1 ,mr4 ,mfume1 ,mr4        
,vargas1 ,ms4 ,barragn1 ,mr4 ,magaziner1
 ,ms4 ,salinas1 ,ms4 ,crockett1 ,mrs4   
,trahan1 ,mr4 ,thompson of ,mississippi1
 ,mr4 ,morelle1 ,mr4 ,lieu1 ,mr4 ,lynch1
 ,ms4 ,garcia of ,texas1 ,mr4           
,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,soto1 ,ms4 ,meng1 ,ms4
 ,budzinski1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,mr4 ,david
 ,scott of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,pappas1 ,ms4 
,stevens1 ,ms4 ,elfreth1 ,ms4 ,johnson  
of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,bell1 ,mr4 ,smith of   

,washington1 ,ms4 ,pressley1 ,mrs4      
,watson ,coleman1 ,mr4 ,menefee1 ,mr4   
,jackson of ,illinois1 ,mrs4 ,dingell1  
,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1 
,mr4 ,ivey1 ,ms4 ,moore of ,wisconsin1  
,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1 ,mr4         
,conaway1 ,mr4 ,garca of ,illinois1 ,mr4
 ,garamendi1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,mrs4       
,mc,iver1 ,ms4 ,stansbury1 ,mr4         
,krishnamoorthi1 ,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,mr4      
,veasey1 ,ms4 ,jacobs1 ,mr4 ,moulton1   
,mrs4 ,cherfilus-,mc,cormick1 ,mr4      
,figures1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4 ,horsford1  
,ms4 ,del,bene1 ,ms4 ,kamlager-,dove1   
,ms4 ,sewell1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new      
,york1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia1 ,mrs4  
,hayes1 ,ms4 ,craig1 ,mr4 ,mc,garvey1   
,mrs4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,carson1 ,mr4     
,latimer1 and ,ms4 ,tokuda7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,education and     
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to extend       
eligibility for the ,special            
,supplemental ,nutrition ,program for   
,women1 ,infants1 and ,children 7,,wic7 

for new moms1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,extending ,,wic for ,new ,moms 
,act4  #b4 ,extending ,,wic eligibility 
for new moms  7a7 ,extension of         
postpartum period ,section #ag7;b77#aj7 
of the ,child ,nutrition ,act of #aiff  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aghf7;b77#aj77 is       
amended by striking six months and      
inserting #bd months4  7b7 ,extension of
 breastfeeding period ,section          
#ag7;d77#c77;,a77ii7 of the ,child      
,nutrition ,act of #aiff 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 
#aghf7;d77#c77;,a77ii77 is amended by   
striking #a year and inserting #bd      
months4  7c7 ,report ,not later than #b 
years after the date of the enactment of
 this section1 the ,secretary of        
,agriculture shall submit to ,congress a
 report that includes an evaluation of  
the effect of each of the amendments    
made by this section on--  7#a7 maternal
 and infant health outcomes1 including  
racial and ethnic disparities with      
respect to such outcomes2  7#b7         

breastfeeding rates among postpartum    
individuals2  7#c7 qualitative          
evaluations of family experiences under 
the special supplemental nutrition      
program under section #ag of the ,child 
,nutrition ,act of #aiff 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 
#aghf72 and  7#d7 other relevant        
information as determined by the        
,secretary of ,agriculture4  7d7        
,postpartum defined ,the term postpartum
 refers to the #a-year period beginning 
on the last day of the pregnancy of an  
individual4