Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Healthy Food Choices Act of 2016”.
Healthy Food Choices Act of 2016
A BILL
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require that supplemental nutrition assistance benefits be used to purchase supplemental foods that are eligible for purchase under section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (commonly known as the WIC program) and certain additional foods.
Sec. 2 Amendment
Section 3(k) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(k)) is amended to read as follows:
“(k) “Food” means a supplemental food of the kind prescribed by the Secretary under section 17(b)(14) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(b)(14)), except that such term includes—
“(1) meat, fish, and poultry;
“(2) beans, soups, and immature varieties of legumes (such as those used in canned green peas, green beans, snap beans, yellow beans, and wax beans); and
“(3) baked beans with meat (e.g., beans and franks).”
Sec. 3 Effective date
This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2017.