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The bill standardizes and stabilizes milk benefits for planning and predictability but risks reducing milk access and increasing costs or administrative strain for vulnerable WIC participants and implementing agencies.
Low-income WIC participants (children, pregnant people, and other eligible low-income individuals) receive a predictable, standardized monthly milk allowance with specific quart amounts per package.
State and local WIC agencies can plan procurement and budgeting more easily because milk allotments are fixed and standardized.
Some WIC participants (notably children and pregnant people) may receive less milk than they previously did if prior allowances exceeded the new caps, potentially reducing household nutrition for vulnerable individuals.
Limiting milk quantities may shift costs to low-income families, forcing them to purchase additional milk out-of-pocket and increasing household food expenses.
State and local agencies may face added administrative adjustments to implement the caps, which could increase workload and briefly disrupt benefit distribution.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Sets statutory monthly milk quantity caps for four WIC food packages (IV=16 qts, V=22 qts, VI=22 qts, VII=24 qts).
Official title: To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to set maximum monthly allowances for milk under the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children.
Introduced March 3, 2025 by Derrick Van Orden · Last progress March 3, 2025
Sets maximum monthly limits on the amount of fluid milk that can be provided under four WIC food packages. The bill amends the Child Nutrition Act to cap monthly milk allowances for Food Packages IV, V, VI, and VII at specified quart amounts, reducing or formalizing how much milk WIC participants may receive each month.