Sec. 6. WIC
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Section 17 of the Childhood Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1786 ) is amended— in the section heading, by inserting after Public Health ; Special Supplemental by striking supplemental food each place it appears and inserting nutritious supplemental food ; by striking nutrition education each place it appears and inserting nutrition counseling education ; in subsection (a)— by striking up to the authorization levels set forth in subsection
(g)of this section ; and by striking an adjunct and inserting a gateway and adjunct ; in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1), by striking one year and inserting two years ; and in paragraph (10), by striking six months and inserting two years ; in subsection (d)(3)(A)— by amending clause
(ii)to read as follows: A State may elect to certify a breastfeeding woman for a period of 2 years postpartum. ; and by adding at the end the following: A State may elect to certify infants for a period of 2 years. A State may elect to certify a postpartum woman for a period of 2 years, beginning on the day after the woman gives birth. ; in subsection (f)— in paragraph (1)(C)(vii), by inserting , or who are members of the Armed Forces and eligible for the program after rural areas ; and in paragraph (7)(A), by inserting eligible members of the Armed Forces after Indian tribal organizations, ; in subsection (h)— in paragraph (4)(C)— in clause (i)— by inserting annual before performance bonus payment ; by striking 15 and inserting 5 ; and by striking program— and all that follows through the period at the end of subclause
(II)and inserting the highest proportion of breast-fed infants participating in the program, compared to all fully breastfed infants in the State. ; by striking clause (ii); by redesignating clause
(iii)as clause (ii); in clause (ii)(II), as so redesignated, by striking may and inserting shall ; and by inserting after clause (ii), as so redesignated the following: The Secretary shall provide annual performance bonus payments to not more than 10 State agencies that demonstrate, as compared to other State agencies participating in the program, the greatest year to year improvement in proportion of breast-fed infants participating in the program. ; and in paragraph (10)(B), by amending clause
(iii)to read as follows: $180,000,000 shall be used for special nutrition education such as breastfeeding peer counselors and other related activities. ; and by adding at the end the following new subsection: The Secretary shall— annually report to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, with respect to the preceding fiscal year— the number of WIC clinics that have closed or consolidated; any reduction in State or local WIC agency staffing; any reduction in service hours for WIC clinics in areas identified in the State’s most recent affirmative action plan submitted under section 246.4 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations); and the information reported by each State agency under paragraph (2); not later than July 1, 2021, submit a report to the Committees referred to in subparagraph
(A)that assesses the impact of reductions described in clauses
(i)through
(iii)of subparagraph
(A)on access to the program, including any gaps in the collection of information regarding such reductions, and waitlists by State and local agencies, and recommendations to help improve such data collection nationwide; and undertake efforts to ensure that services under the program are available to members of the Armed Forces who are eligible for the program, and encourage the Department to provide best practices and technical assistance to States to improve servicemembers’ access to the program, with an emphasis on those States where WIC clinics are located on a military base or within 15 miles of a military base. Each State agency participating in the program under this section shall, on an annual basis, report to the Secretary on the number of participants who are members of the Armed Forces. For purposes of this subsection, the term WIC clinic has the meaning given the term in section 246.2 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations). .
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