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Proposal:Access to Donor Milk Act of 2022

This proposal is archived and closed to further debate. It was introduced in the 117th Congress, which has concluded, and the bill was not enacted into law.
Geographic Scope
National

Description

Access to Donor Milk Act of 2022

This bill establishes programs and requirements to support the provision of donor milk for infants by nonprofit milk banks, including by (1) allowing Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) funding to be used towards nonprofit milk banks, (2) establishing grants to expand the emergency capacity of nonprofit milk banks, and (3) establishing a donor milk awareness program.

Bill Title

Access to Donor Milk Act of 2022

Linked Goals

Steps

  • 2022-10-18: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • 2022-10-18: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • 2022-10-18: Introduced in House
  • 2022-10-18: Introduced in House
  • 2022-10-19: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Projected Outcome

A more informed proposal or public response aligned with the Promote General Welfare goal.