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Keep WIC Working Act

To make continuing appropriations for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children in the event of a Government shutdown.

Introduced Oct 28, 2025

Latest action (Oct 28, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

Referred to
Appropriations Committee
Policy area
Agriculture and Food
Issues
Healthcare

Summary
  • During a government shutdown in fiscal year 2026, the bill automatically appropriates funds to continue WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) operations.
  • States would be reimbursed for any state funds they spent maintaining WIC between September 30, 2025 and the bill's enactment.
  • The appropriations continue until the Department of Agriculture receives regular fiscal year 2026 funding.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
5 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Robert P. Bresnahan’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • Employer not reported $255,976
  • INVESTMENTS LIMITED $21,106
  • STARKEY HEARING TECHNOLOGIES $13,200
  • TFP LIMITED $11,022
  • ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS $9,900

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Robert P. Bresnahan → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Oct 28, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. · house
  2. Oct 28, 2025 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 5705 — 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 · Cong. 119 81%
  • HR 5950 — Keep SNAP and WIC Funded Act of 2025 · Introduced Nov 7, 2025 · Cong. 119 74%
  • HR 5740 — WIC Benefits Protection Act · Introduced Oct 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 74%
  • S 3071 — Keep SNAP and WIC Funded Act of 2025 · Introduced Oct 29, 2025 · Cong. 119 73%
  • HR 8055 — Extending WIC for New Moms Act · Introduced Mar 24, 2026 · Cong. 119 70%
  • HR 6776 — Farmers to Families Act · Introduced May 20, 2026 · Cong. 119 70%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Oct 28, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 28, 2025

Mr. Bresnahan (for himself, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations

A BILL

To make continuing appropriations for 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. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Keep WIC Working Act”.

SEC. 2. UNINTERRUPTED BENEFITS UNDER WIC.

(a) In General.—In fiscal year 2026, during any period of a lapse in discretionary appropriations for the Department of Agriculture, there are appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as are necessary to carry out the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children established under section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786) (referred to in this section as “WIC”).

(b) Retroactive Benefits.—The appropriations under subsection (a) shall include any amounts necessary for reimbursement of State agencies for any State funds used, during the period beginning on September 30, 2025, and ending on the date of the enactment of this section, to carry out operations necessary to maintain participation in WIC.

(c) Termination.—Appropriations shall be made available pursuant to subsection (a) until the date of the enactment of appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for fiscal year 2026 (including a continuing appropriation). <all>

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