To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require that supplemental nutrition assistance benefits be used to purchase only supplemental foods that are eligible for purchase under section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (commonly known as the WIC program).
USA115th CongressHR-6394| House
| Updated: 8/16/2018
David P. Roe
Republican Representative
Tennessee
Agriculture Committee, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Healthy Food Choices Act This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to apply nutritional standards for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to foods purchased for the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program). Under current law, foods purchased for WIC must: (1) contain nutrients determined by nutritional research to be lacking in the diets of pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants, or children; or (2) promote the health of the population served by the program.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
Agriculture and Food
Food assistance and reliefNutrition and dietPoverty and welfare assistance
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require that supplemental nutrition assistance benefits be used to purchase only supplemental foods that are eligible for purchase under section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (commonly known as the WIC program).
USA115th CongressHR-6394| House
| Updated: 8/16/2018
Healthy Food Choices Act This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to apply nutritional standards for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to foods purchased for the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program). Under current law, foods purchased for WIC must: (1) contain nutrients determined by nutritional research to be lacking in the diets of pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants, or children; or (2) promote the health of the population served by the program.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
David P. Roe
Republican Representative
Tennessee
Agriculture Committee, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee
Agriculture and Food
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Food assistance and reliefNutrition and dietPoverty and welfare assistance