To authorize the reimbursement by the Federal Government of State funds used to maintain participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children in the event of a Government shutdown.

This bill requires the federal government to reimburse state agencies that use state funds to carry out operations necessary to maintain participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) during a lapse in discretionary appropriations (i.e., government shutdown). WIC provides nutrition-rich foods, nutrition education, and health care and social services referrals to eligible low-income women, infants, and children.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5705 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5705

To authorize the reimbursement by the Federal Government of State funds 
 used to maintain participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition 
 Program for Women, Infants, and Children in the event of a Government 
                               shutdown.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 8, 2025

    Mr. Amo (for himself, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. 
Barragan, Ms. Norton, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. Elfreth, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Landsman, 
Mr. Walkinshaw, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Rivas, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Ms. 
 McClellan, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Vargas, Mr. 
   Figures, Ms. Pettersen, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. 
 Nadler, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Brown, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, 
 Ms. Sewell, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, 
   Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Ross, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Goodlander, Mr. 
Thompson of California, Mr. Carson, Ms. Adams, Mr. Conaway, Ms. Garcia 
 of Texas, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Auchincloss, Mr. 
  Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Magaziner, Ms. McBride, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. 
Pappas, Mr. Panetta, and Mr. Bell) introduced the following bill; which 
        was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the reimbursement by the Federal Government of State funds 
 used to maintain participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition 
 Program for Women, Infants, and Children in the event of a Government 
                               shutdown.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REIMBURSEMENT OF STATE FUNDS USED FOR WIC DURING LAPSE IN 
              APPROPRIATIONS.

    During any period of a lapse in discretionary appropriations, in 
the case of a State agency that uses State funds to carry out 
operations necessary to maintain participation in the Special 
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) 
established under section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1786), such State agency shall, after the conclusion of such 
period, be eligible for reimbursement of such funds by the Federal 
Government.
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