Healthy Babies Act of 2025
This bill requires that the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) include infant food combinations and dinners as part of the program. (The WIC food packages provide supplemental foods designed to address the specific nutritional needs of income-eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum individuals, infants, and children up to five years of age who are at nutritional risk.)
Specifically, the Department of Agriculture must update the regulations that prescribe the supplemental foods that must be made available in the program. Currently, infant food combinations (e.g., meat and vegetables) and dinners (e.g., spaghetti and meatballs) are not allowed.
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3233 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3233
To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary of
Agriculture to allow infant food combinations and dinners under the
special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and
children, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 7, 2025
Ms. De La Cruz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and Workforce
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A BILL
To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary of
Agriculture to allow infant food combinations and dinners under the
special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and
children, 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 ``Healthy Babies Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. INFANT FOOD COMBINATIONS AND DINNERS UNDER WIC.
Section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(t) Infant Food Combinations and Dinners.--Not later than 1 year
after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall
update the regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (f)(11)(A) to
amend the supplemental foods available to include infant food
combinations and dinners.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
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