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.
Summary
What This Bill Does
H.R.1813 amends section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act to lock specific maximum monthly milk allowances into the WIC statute. It sets the cap at 16 quarts for Food Package IV, 22 quarts for Food Package V, 22 quarts for Food Package VI, and 24 quarts for Food Package VII. The bill is narrow but concrete: it reduces USDA's room to lower milk quantities for those WIC food packages through regulation alone and gives participating women, infants, and children a statutory milk allowance baseline.
Who Benefits and How
WIC families benefit because the bill sets higher or more certain monthly milk quantities in statute for covered food packages. Children receiving WIC benefits benefit from protected access to milk in packages IV through VII. Dairy farmers benefit if WIC milk allowances support demand for fluid milk. WIC vendors benefit from more predictable milk quantities for benefit redemption and inventory planning.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Department of Agriculture must administer WIC food package rules consistent with the statutory quart caps. State WIC agencies must align food instruments, EBT systems, vendor guidance, and participant materials with the new allowances. Federal taxpayers may bear added benefit costs if the statutory caps increase reimbursable milk quantities. Nutrition policy staff lose flexibility to reduce milk quantities below the statutory allowances without new legislation.
Key Provisions
- Amends the Child Nutrition Act to add statutory WIC milk allowance caps.
- Provides 16 quarts for Food Package IV and 22 quarts for Food Packages V and VI.
- Provides 24 quarts for Food Package VII.
- Limits USDA discretion to reduce covered WIC milk allowances through regulation alone.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Sets statutory WIC maximum monthly milk allowances at 16 quarts for Food Package IV, 22 quarts for Food Package V, 22 quarts for Food Package VI, and 24 quarts for Food Package VII.
Key Policy Areas
WIC, Nutrition, Dairy
Primary Purpose
Sets statutory WIC maximum monthly milk allowances at 16 quarts for Food Package IV, 22 quarts for Food Package V, 22 quarts for Food Package VI, and 24 quarts for Food Package VII.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- WIC families
- Children receiving WIC benefits
- Dairy farmers
- WIC vendors
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Department of Agriculture
- State WIC agencies
- Federal taxpayers
- Nutrition policy staff
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Van Orden (for himself and Mr. Harder of California) …
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced in House
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