US Congress House Bill 6298 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 19 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-19 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Pending: House Education and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Modifies food and nutrition programs of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to allow certain waivers and deferments of requirements under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) during public health emergencies, such as the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak. Specifically, USDA may grant waivers allowing participants under WIC to get certified or recertified without being physically present at a WIC clinic; defer anthropometric and bloodwork requirements necessary to determine nutritional risk; and grant waivers from administrative requirements for WIC if it determines that the requirement cannot be met by a state due to COVID-19, and the waiver is necessary to provide assistance under WIC. USDA authority under this bill expires on July 31, 2020.

COVID-19 WIC Response Act of 2020

Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]

Rep. Kim Schrier [D-WA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-19	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
2020-03-19	House	Introduced in House

HB6201 (Related) 2020-03-19 - Engrossment Correction

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6298/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6298/BILLS-116hr6298ih.pdf