# 119-hr-9304: Juice Access Improvement Act

119-hr-9304, Juice Access Improvement Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] (R-PA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-08).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-9304
- Congress: 119
- Title: Juice Access Improvement Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-06-11
- Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] (R-PA)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-08

## Summary

**Makes juice the default WIC benefit** in several WIC food packages while preserving an option to swap it for a cash-value voucher that would be adjusted for inflation each year. - Participants and families: Participants in the covered WIC packages would receive juice by default. They could request a $3 cash-value voucher instead, and that $3 would be adjusted annually for inflation. - Which participants: The change would apply to Food Package IV for children ages 1 through 4 and Food Packages V, VI, and VII for pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women. - State agencies: State WIC agencies would be required to implement the default-juice setting and to provide the substitution option when requested. - Federal rulemaking: The Secretary of Agriculture would be authorized to issue or revise rules and regulatory tables needed to implement the change.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. Fine, Randy [R-FL-6] (R-FL), 2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2026-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] (R-PA), 2026-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23] (R-NY), 2026-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] (R-NY), 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Default juice with $3 WIC option: benefit, low. If enacted, WIC participants in Food Packages IV (children 1–4) and V–VII (pregnant and breastfeeding women) would get juice as the default benefit. Juice would mean products that meet the Table 4 specifications in current WIC rules. You would be able to request a $3 cash-value voucher instead of t…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026
- 119-hr-6766: Essential Caregivers Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9641: Essential Caregivers Act of 2026
- 119-hr-979: AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2094: HELPER Act of 2025
- 119-hres-1511: Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, honoring the memory of the victims, recognizing the courage and sacrifice of t…

## Sources
- [119-hr-9304 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9304)

## Related
- [119-hr-7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7567)
- [119-hr-6766: Essential Caregivers Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6766)
- [119-hr-9641: Essential Caregivers Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9641)
- [119-hr-979: AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-979)
- [119-hr-2094: HELPER Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2094)
- [119-hres-1511: Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-1511)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9304 (as of 2026-10-08).