Full Text of HR0593 093rd General Assembly
HR0593 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program of | 3 |
| Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) was established as a | 4 |
| permanent program in 1974 and is currently administered by the | 5 |
| Food and Nutrition Services of the United States Department of | 6 |
| Agriculture (USDA); and
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| WHEREAS, The stated mission of WIC is to safeguard the | 8 |
| health of low-income women, infants, and children up to the age | 9 |
| of 5 who are at nutritional risk, by providing nutritious foods | 10 |
| to supplement their diet, information on healthy eating, and | 11 |
| referrals to health care services; and
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| WHEREAS, Most state WIC programs provide vouchers that | 13 |
| participants use at authorized food stores, a wide variety of | 14 |
| state and local organizations cooperate in providing food and | 15 |
| health care benefits to WIC participants, and 46,000 merchants | 16 |
| nationwide accept WIC vouchers; and
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| WHEREAS, A WIC food package is a set of foods for which a | 18 |
| particular category of participants, such as pregnant and | 19 |
| breastfeeding women, receive vouchers; and
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| WHEREAS, Scientific understanding about nutrition has | 21 |
| advanced considerably since the WIC program was established in | 22 |
| 1974; and
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| WHEREAS, 6 out of 7 WIC food packages have never been | 24 |
| significantly changed or updated; and
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| WHEREAS, In April, 2000, the USDA announced that it would | 26 |
| publish proposed regulations regarding updating the WIC food | 27 |
| packages in September, 2000 and, to date, the USDA has failed | 28 |
| to publish a proposed regulation; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 |
| urge the USDA to update and improve the quality of all WIC food | 4 |
| packages, while further requiring that all food packages, | 5 |
| target nutrients, and nutrient needs of participants be | 6 |
| reevaluated and revised to reflect current nutritional science | 7 |
| at least every 10 years; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to Anne M. Veneman, Secretary of the United States | 10 |
| Department of Agriculture, and to each member of the Illinois | 11 |
| congressional delegation.
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