Bill Text: MI HR0204 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: A resolution to urge the Congress of the United States to enact legislation to add bottled water to the list of WIC-eligible foods.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-12-10 - Referred To Committee On Families, Children, And Seniors [HR0204 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HR0204-Introduced.html
house Resolution No.204
Reps. Garrett, Byrd, Yancey, Gay-Dagnogo, Cynthia Johnson, Wittenberg, Cambensy, Kuppa, Hope, Lasinski, Ellison, Stone, Haadsma and Brixie offered the following resolution:
Whereas, The federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides supplemental foods and nutrition education for low-income women who are pregnant or post-partum, infants, and children up to age five who are at nutritional risk; and
Whereas, Access to safe drinking water remains a concern for many communities across Michigan and the entire United States. Lead from aging water infrastructure and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from firefighting and manufacturing are only a few of the many contaminants of concern that can be found in drinking water; and
Whereas, The WIC population is particularly vulnerable to the negative impacts of contaminated water. During pregnancy and early childhood, even low levels of exposure to drinking water contaminants, such as lead, can have long-term impacts on brain development; and
Whereas, Federal law establishes the minimum requirements that states must follow to develop WIC food packages, but bottled water may not currently be purchased with WIC benefits. Allowing the purchase of bottled water with WIC benefits would ensure a clean, healthy source of water for WIC participants; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives, That we urge the Congress of the United States to enact legislation to add bottled water to the list of WIC-eligible foods; and be it further
Resolved, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and the members of the Michigan congressional delegation.
