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S. 4257: Access to Baby Formula Act of 2022

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S. 4257: Access to Baby Formula Act of 2022

117th Congress · introduced 2022-05-18 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2590-2591)

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2022-05-18 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2590-2591) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Access to Baby Formula Act of 2022

Plain summary

Access to Baby Formula Act of 2022 This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to take certain actions to address emergencies, disasters, and supply chain disruptions (particularly the shortage of infant formula in the United States) affecting participants of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). For example, the bill directs USDA to require each infant formula cost containment contract to include remedies in the event of an infant formula recall, including how an infant formula manufacturer would protect against disruption to WIC participants in the state.

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Official text

Access to Baby Formula Act of 2022

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · 39 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

John Boozman (R-AR), John Hoeven (R-ND), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Tina Smith (D-MN), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA), John Cornyn (R-TX), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Jack Reed (D-RI), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Patty Murray (D-WA), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Gary C. Peters (D-MI)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-s4257 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117