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Extending WIC for New Moms Act

To extend eligibility for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) for new moms, and for other purposes.

Introduced Mar 24, 2026

Latest action (Mar 24, 2026) Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Referred to
Education and Workforce Committee
Policy area
Agriculture and Food

Summary

This bill extends eligibility for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) by increasing the postpartum period from six months to 24 months and extending the breastfeeding period from one year to 24 months. The bill requires the Secretary of Agriculture to report to Congress within two years on the effects of these extensions on maternal and infant health outcomes, including racial and ethnic disparities, breastfeeding rates, and family experiences in the WIC program.

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)
89 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

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

  • NULL $16,251
  • CROWNE PARTNERS, INC. $7,250
  • MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL $6,600
  • Q PRIME INC $6,600
  • CYNTHIA MISCIKOWSKI $6,600

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

Actions (2)
  1. Mar 24, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
  2. Mar 24, 2026 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.

  • S 4191 — Extending WIC for New Moms Act · Introduced Mar 25, 2026 · Cong. 119 96%
  • HR 5740 — WIC Benefits Protection Act · Introduced Oct 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 80%
  • S 3842 — 21st Century WIC Act of 2026 · Introduced Feb 11, 2026 · Cong. 119 74%
  • HR 6776 — Farmers to Families Act · Introduced May 20, 2026 · Cong. 119 72%
  • HR 1464 — MODERN WIC Act of 2025 · Introduced Feb 21, 2025 · Cong. 119 70%
  • HR 5836 — Keep WIC Working Act · Introduced Oct 28, 2025 · Cong. 119 70%

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 24, 2026

Mrs. McBath (for herself, Ms. Adams, Mr. Takano, Mrs. Sykes, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. Scholten, Mr. Huffman, Mrs. Foushee, Ms. McClellan, Ms. Underwood, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Schneider, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Strickland, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Carbajal, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Torres of California, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Mfume, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Magaziner, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Crockett, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Soto, Ms. Meng, Ms. Budzinski, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Pappas, Ms. Stevens, Ms. Elfreth, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mr. Bell, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Pressley, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Menefee, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Norton, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Ivey, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Garamendi, Mrs. Beatty, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Moulton, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Mr. Figures, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Horsford, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Craig, Mr. McGarvey, Mrs. Grijalva, Mr. Carson, Mr. Latimer, and Ms. Tokuda) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

A BILL

To extend eligibility for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) for new moms, and for other purposes.

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 “Extending WIC for New Moms Act”.

SEC. 2. EXTENDING WIC ELIGIBILITY FOR NEW MOMS.

(a) Extension of Postpartum Period.—Section 17(b)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(b)(10)) is amended by striking “six months” and inserting “24 months”.

(b) Extension of Breastfeeding Period.—Section 17(d)(3)(A)(ii) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(d)(3)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking “1 year” and inserting “24 months”.

(c) Report.—Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a report that includes an evaluation of the effect of each of the amendments made by this section on—

(1) maternal and infant health outcomes, including racial and ethnic disparities with respect to such outcomes;

(2) breastfeeding rates among postpartum individuals;

(3) qualitative evaluations of family experiences under the special supplemental nutrition program under section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786); and

(4) other relevant information as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture.

(d) Postpartum Defined.—The term “postpartum” refers to the 1- year period beginning on the last day of the pregnancy of an individual. <all>

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