Sponsor
Monica De La Cruz
Representative · R-TX
The bill broadens WIC-approved infant food options to improve nutrition and convenience for low-income families, while creating modest additional program costs and administrative burdens for state agencies.
Low-income infants and young children on WIC will gain access to additional approved infant food combinations and dinners within one year, increasing available nutritious options and feeding variety.
Parents and families participating in WIC will have more convenient ready-to-serve infant meal options, reducing time spent preparing complementary foods and potentially lowering out-of-pocket food costs.
Taxpayers and the WIC program could face higher costs if states redeem more or pricier infant food combos, potentially requiring additional funding or budget reallocations.
State and local WIC agencies will need to update vendor authorizations, voucher/catalog systems, and outreach within a one-year timeframe, creating administrative burdens and short-term implementation costs.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Directs USDA to add "infant food combinations and dinners" to WIC's list of allowable supplemental foods and issue the regulatory change within one year.
Representative · R-TX
Official title: To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to allow infant food combinations and dinners under the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children, and for other purposes.
Introduced May 7, 2025 by Monica De La Cruz · Last progress May 7, 2025
Adds a new allowable food category to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): "infant food combinations and dinners." The Agriculture Secretary must update WIC regulations to include this new category within one year of enactment so WIC participants can receive those products as supplemental foods.