I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3529 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 28, 2017 Mr. Brat introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children to cover certain vitamins.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the WIC Improvement Act . 2. Eligibility to purchase certain vitamins under the WIC program Section 17(b)(14) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1786(b)(14) ) is amended— (1) by striking (14) Supplemental foods means those foods and inserting the following: (14) Supplemental foods; multivitamin dietary supplements (A) Supplemental foods The term supplemental foods means those foods or multivitamin dietary supplements ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (B) Multivitamin dietary supplement The term multivitamin dietary supplement means a multivitamin dietary supplement— (i) labeled in accordance with part 101 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of the WIC Improvement Act ); and (ii) that increases the availability of low-cost, high nutrient alternatives for the population served by the program authorized by this section. .