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To authorize the reimbursement by the Federal Government of State funds used to maintain participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children in the event of a Government shutdown.

To authorize the reimbursement by the Federal Government of State funds used to maintain participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children in the event of a Government shutdown.

Introduced Oct 8, 2025

Latest action (Oct 8, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Referred to
Education and Workforce Committee
Policy area
Agriculture and Food
Issues
Healthcare

Summary

The bill authorizes the Federal Government to reimburse states for funds they use to keep the WIC (Women, Infants, and Children nutrition) program running during a government shutdown. When federal appropriations lapse, states may spend their own money to maintain WIC operations. After the shutdown ends, those states become eligible to be reimbursed by the Federal Government for these expenditures.

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Sponsor (1)
87 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Oct 8, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
  2. Oct 8, 2025 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

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  • HR 5836 — Keep WIC Working Act · Introduced Oct 28, 2025 · Cong. 119 81%
  • HR 5740 — WIC Benefits Protection Act · Introduced Oct 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 69%
  • HR 6776 — Farmers to Families Act · Introduced May 20, 2026 · Cong. 119 67%
  • HRES 856 — Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Department of Agriculture should use its contingency funds and interchange authority to finance the supplemental nutrition assistance program. · Introduced Dec 2, 2025 · Cong. 119 66%
  • HR 5950 — Keep SNAP and WIC Funded Act of 2025 · Introduced Nov 7, 2025 · Cong. 119 65%
  • S 3071 — Keep SNAP and WIC Funded Act of 2025 · Introduced Oct 29, 2025 · Cong. 119 64%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Oct 8, 2025

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 8, 2025

Mr. Amo (for himself, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Norton, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. Elfreth, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Landsman, Mr. Walkinshaw, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Rivas, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Ms. McClellan, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Figures, Ms. Pettersen, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Brown, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Sewell, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Ross, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Goodlander, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Carson, Ms. Adams, Mr. Conaway, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Auchincloss, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Magaziner, Ms. McBride, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Panetta, and Mr. Bell) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

A BILL

To authorize the reimbursement by the Federal Government of State funds used to maintain participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children in the event of a Government shutdown.

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

SECTION 1. REIMBURSEMENT OF STATE FUNDS USED FOR WIC DURING LAPSE IN APPROPRIATIONS.

During any period of a lapse in discretionary appropriations, in the case of a State agency that uses State funds to carry out operations necessary to maintain participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) established under section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), such State agency shall, after the conclusion of such period, be eligible for reimbursement of such funds by the Federal Government. <all>

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