# 119-hr-10393: WIC for Kids Act

119-hr-10393, WIC for Kids Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-07).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-10393
- Congress: 119
- Title: WIC for Kids Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-09-15
- Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT)
- Cosponsors: 33
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-07

## Summary

**Makes WIC easier to access and more stable for children and kinship families.** It broadens program-based eligibility and reduces paperwork that can interrupt benefits. - Families and children: Extends the standard child certification from 1 year to 2 years and lets infants born to enrolled pregnant participants be certified without a separate application. - Program participants: Adds Head Start, the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, and nutrition programs funded by block grants for Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands as adjunctive eligibility pathways. - Kinship caregivers: Explicitly makes children in kinship families automatically eligible under the program's automatic eligibility rules. - State agencies: Requires a 90-day look-back for adjunct documentation and directs states to use available records for adjunct eligibility before requesting new income paperwork during recertification.

## Cosponsors (33)

- Rep. Bynum, Janelle S. [D-OR-5] (D-OR), 2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Whitesides, George [D-CA-27] (D-CA), 2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] (D-NV), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] (D-MS), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11] (D-OH), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34] (D-CA), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1] (D-MO), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2] (D-LA), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] (D-CT), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26] (D-NY), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] (D-GA), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] (D-CA), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] (D-MA), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10] (D-NY), 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI), 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Longer child certification and auto-enroll babies: benefit, medium. If enacted, States could align certification dates for family members so several relatives share a single WIC schedule. States could start new aligned certification periods when someone is certified using income or adjunct documentation. Before asking for new income paperwork to recertify, States w…
- More WIC access but recent proof required: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would let more people get WIC without a separate income test. Households with Medicaid or CHIP, Head Start, FDPIR, or certain territorial nutrition grants would qualify. For these pathways, proof must be dated within 90 days before certification or recertification, or the State…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act
- 119-hr-15: Equality Act
- 119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025
- 119-hr-12: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-10393 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10393)

## Related
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
- [119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5390)
- [119-hr-15: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-15)
- [119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1589)
- [119-hr-12: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-12)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10393 (as of 2026-10-07).