Extend WIC eligibility for new moms.

Janice D. Schakowsky · Illinois · Democratic

spending impact 0.74 specificity 0.92 extraction confidence 95%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Occurrences

TITLE II--EXTENDING WIC FOR NEW MOMS Sec. 201. Extending WIC eligibility for new moms.

The bill commits to extending WIC eligibility for new mothers.

H.R.7973 (IH) - Momnibus Act, 119th Congress
secondary · other · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

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Congress.gov lists Schakowsky as a cosponsor of H.R.3332, a bill titled the Extending WIC for New Moms Act. The bill's official title was to extend WIC eligibility for new moms. Its latest action was referral to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on 2023-05-15, and its status remained Introduced.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Schakowsky took concrete legislative action toward the promise by cosponsoring a directly matching WIC eligibility bill, but the measure did not advance beyond introduction in the 118th Congress.

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H.R.3332 - Extending WIC for New Moms Act, 118th Congress, All Information
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The U.S. Code text in effect on 2026-06-14 defines breastfeeding women as women up to one year postpartum and postpartum women as women up to six months after termination of pregnancy. The certification provision allows a breastfeeding woman to be certified for 1 year postpartum or until breastfeeding ends, whichever is earlier.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Current federal WIC law still uses the six-month postpartum and one-year breastfeeding eligibility framework, so the promised extension for new moms has not been enacted as of the latest available statutory text found.

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42 U.S.C. 1786 - Special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children
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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): never. unknown A for effort

Federal WIC law still defines postpartum women as eligible only up to six months after termination of pregnancy and breastfeeding women up to one year postpartum, so the promised extension for new moms has not been enacted. Schakowsky did take a concrete, directly relevant legislative step by cosponsoring H.R.3332, the Extending WIC for New Moms Act, but the bill remained introduced/referred and did not pass. That supports effort credit, not fulfillment.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%