H.R. 5740

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5740 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5740

To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require mandatory funding 
for the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and 
children, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 10, 2025

Mr. Scott of Virginia (for himself, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Walkinshaw, Ms. 
Hoyle of Oregon, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Ansari, Ms. 
Norton, Mr. Bell, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. McIver, Ms. 
Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Simon, Ms. Ross, Ms. Adams, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. 
Olszewski, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Mr. Magaziner, 
Mr. Moulton, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Thompson of 
Mississippi, Ms. Crockett, Ms. Brown, Mrs. Dingell, Mrs. McBath, Mr. 
Vindman, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Casar, Mr. Ivey, Ms. Omar, Mr. Bishop, Mr. 
Thanedar, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Horsford, Ms. 
Jacobs, Ms. Salinas, Ms. McClellan, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Carter of 
Louisiana, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Elfreth, Ms. Williams of Georgia, 
Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
Gottheimer, Mr. Amo, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. 
Morrison, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Rivas, and Mr. Garamendi) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
Workforce

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A BILL

To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require mandatory funding 
for the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and 
children, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``WIC Benefits Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. MANDATORY FUNDING FOR WIC.

(a) Program Required.--Section 17(c) of the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(c)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``may carry out'' and 
inserting ``shall carry out'';
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by striking the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A); and
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as 
paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively;
(3) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated--
(A) by striking ``the Secretary'' and inserting 
``The Secretary''; and
(B) by striking ``, and'' and inserting a period; 
and
(4) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by striking ``any 
State'' and inserting ``Any State''.
(b) Eligibility.--Section 17(d)(1) of the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(d)(1)) 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 be''.
(c) Appropriations.--Section 17(g) of the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(g)) is amended--
(1) in the heading, by striking ``Authorization of''; and
(2) by amending subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) to read 
as follows:
``(A) Appropriations.--In addition to amounts 
otherwise available, there are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such 
sums as are necessary to carry out this section for 
fiscal year 2026 and each succeeding fiscal year.''.
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