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WIC Improvement Act

H.R. 3529 · 115th Congress · Jul 28, 2017 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children to cover certain vitamins.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “WIC Improvement Act”.

Sec. 2 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”

(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.”