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2023 archives
December
  • 12/4/2023: usbc stakeholder listening sessions: share your vision for achieving infant nutrition security
November 
  • 11/29/2023: USBC Membership meeting mission moment with dr. scott hartman
  • 11/22/2023: Reflections on Native American Heritage Month: a Conversation with kimberly moore-salas
  • 11/21/2023: 2023 Impact Report: breastfeeding policy priorities
  • 11/17/2023: USBC Interim EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ANNOUNCEMENT
October
  • 10/30/2023: USBC Executive director transition announcement
September
  • 9/28/2023: using data to inform infant and young child feeding in emergency preparedness systems
  • 9/20/2023: Reviving identity caucuses at the usbc: we want to hear from you!
  • 9/19/2023: Reflecting on national breastfeeding month 2023 wins
August
  • 8/25/2023: FY24 appropriations: what recent senate bills mean for infant feeding
July
  • 7/28/2023: Fy24 appropriations: what the house and senate bills mean for infant feeding
  • ​7/25/2023: taking the time for celebration: the pump act and pwfa are law!
  • ​7/21/2023: news from the chair: change is good
march
  • 3/23/2023: fiscal year 2024 president's budget: what it means for the lactation field
  • 3/1/2023: renewing the usbc commitment to equity as we seek to grow the usbc membership network
february
  • ​2/16/2023: join the usbc welcome congress campaign!
  • ​2/15/2023: the u.s. breastfeeding committee launches the creating space scholarship
  • ​2/8/2023: open letter to congress: new research highlights critical need for strong policies to leverage the value of breastfeeding
january
  • ​1/12/2023: fy23 federal budget signed into law: what it means for infant feeding
  • ​1/6/2023: pump for nursing mothers act signed into law
2022 archives
december
  • 12/24/2022: pump for nursing mothers act will soon be signed into law
  • 12/8/2022: usda proposes new wic package
november
  • ​11/1/2022: the usbc membership steps into a new opportunity for connection: launching the first food connection hub & taking a mission moment with monica esparza
october
  • 10/27/2022: 2022 impact report: breastfeeding policy priorities
  • 10/24/2022: a closer look at the 2022 cdc breastfeeding report card
september
  • 9/29/2022: STATEMENT ON WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON HUNGER, NUTRITION, AND HEALTh
august
  • 8/24/2022: fy23 appropriations: what the senate bills mean for infant feeding
  • 8/18/2022: a consideration of choice (in the absence of systemic supports)*
​july
  • 7/14/2022: fy23 appropriations: what the house bills mean for infant feeding
june
  • 6/24/2022: the senate failed to pass the pump act on wednesday. that hurts. but it doesn't mean the fight is over.
  • 6/2/2022: the four pillars of infant nutrition security in the united states
​may
  • 5/19/2022: infant formula recall and shortage: resources
  • 5/13/2022: calling your senator about the pump act is easy! here's how.
january
  • 1/26/2022: call for proposals for the 2022 conference!
  • 1/3/2022: impact report: 2021 breastfeeding policy priorities
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2021 archives
DECEMBER  
  • 12/9/2021: 2020 state and territory breastfeeding reports now available!
  • 12/3/2021: join usbc on our equity journey​
november
  • 11/12/2021: 2020 usbc annual report released!​​​​
october​
  • 10/22/2021: protecting parents, babies, public health, employers, and the economy: a bipartisan case for the pump for nursing mothers act
  • 10/22/2021: pump for nursing mothers act passes with bipartisan support in u.s. house of representatives
  • 10/20/2021: breaking news: the pump act is going to the house floor for a vote this friday
september
  • 9/30/2021: reflections on national preparedness month and the pandemic
  • 9/28/2021: join the nationwide pump act call-in day
  • ​9/27/2021: the house is voting on the pump act this week. join the week of action.
  • 9/26/2021: pump act week of action partner toolkit
  • 9/10/2021: reflections on national breastfeeding month 2021: every step of the way
august
  • 8/24/2021: 8 questions answered by the usbc policy team
july
  • 7/29/2021: Cdc awards usbc a five-year grant to coordinate a national approach to improve the infant feeding landscape
  • 7/22/2021: fiscal year 2022 house agriculture and dhs appropriations reports released
  • 7/16/2021: fiscal year 2022 house labor-hhs appropriations report released
may
  • 5/24/2021: reclaiming our tradition: aanhpi breastfeeding week 2021
2020 archives
AUGUST
  • 8/31/2020: celebrating #bbw20: revive. restore. reclaim!
  • 8/21/2020: native breastfeeding week is over, but the work continues
  • ​8/7/2020: happy national breastfeeding month! we are many voices united #nbm2020

FY23 Appropriations: What the Senate bills mean for infant feeding

8/24/2022

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The fiscal year 2023 appropriations process is underway. The Senate Committee on Appropriations released this year's appropriations bills and associated reports.

The Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies bill includes $9.93 million in funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Hospitals Promoting Breastfeeding program. This is $180 thousand above the House bill, but it isn't enough.
We need to do everything we can to protect infant nutrition security. Increasing funding for this line item is an urgent and important step. We hope you'll join us in the call for increased funding via our easy action tool for individuals, and with our organizational sign-on letter. 

The Hospitals Promoting Breastfeeding line item is the top policy priority for the USBC, but it certainly isn't the only provision that impacts infant feeding. Funding relevant to the lactation field is included in several appropriations bills. 

A detailed analysis of funded provisions in these bills can be found on the Federal Appropriations for Breastfeeding webpage, including funding for the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health program, WIC breastfeeding peer counselor program, and beyond. The webpage traces program funding levels at each step in the federal budget process.   

The Senate appropriations bills and associated reports also include several unfunded directives:
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Bill Report:
  • The Committee encourages the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to prioritize regulatory actions to address emerging concerns such as toxic elements in baby food and understaffed review capacity to evaluate the safety and nutritional adequacy of infant formula.
  • The Committee directs the FDA to address regulation of donor human milk and donor human milk derived products and banks.
  • The Committee directs the FDA to submit a report, prepared in coordination with the Department of Agriculture, assessing the risks and resilience of domestic supply chains of infant formula, including specialty formula, and identifying potential solutions to address vulnerabilities. Further, the Committee directs the Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General to conduct a review of the FDA's actions in response to complaints received pertaining to infant formula over the past 3 years, as well as the adequacy and efficacy of the FDA's monitoring efforts for infant formula and related maternal and infant food products.
  • The Committee is concerned that lead, arsenic, cadmium, and mercury are often present in dangerous quantities in foods intended for consumption by infants and toddlers. The FDA is encouraged to coordinate with the Department of Agriculture to ensure that a wide variety of healthy nutritious foods remain available to participants of Federal nutrition programs.
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Bill Report.
  • The Committee supports the National Institutes of Health ongoing longitudinal "Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery" (RECOVER) study and encourages NIH to ensure the study is nationwide, includes diversity of enrollees to account for gender, age, race, ethnicity, geography, comorbidities, and underrepresented populations, including pregnant and lactating women.
Financial Services and General Government Bill Report
  • The Committee continues the longstanding provision that a woman may breastfeed her child at any location in a Federal building or on Federal property if the woman and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at the location.
Homeland Security Bill Report
  • The Committee urges the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to ensure access to breastfeeding services and supplies through its Critical Needs Assistance, Other Needs Assistance, and other program, and are listed as eligible items under this program.
  • In the aftermath of a disaster, FEMA is also urged to support families with young children by giving them priority consideration for immediate access to a shelter with a space to express breast milk as well as sanitary drinking water, a power supply, and access to a refrigerator for safe storage of food and/or expressed breastmilk.
  • The Committee directs FEMA to include clear guidance on supporting access to lactation equipment and breastfeeding support services as part of its efforts to update the Individual Assistance Program and Policy Guide (IAPPG). To accomplish this, FEMA should produce new public-facing materials to educate nursing parents; updated materials and training for disaster relief coordinators, public health workers, and other personnel; and targeted informational resources for relevant disaster response partners such as State emergency management agencies and non-profit organizational partners.
  • The Committee supports the National policy to discourage the detention or arrest of known pregnant, postpartum, or lactating women. The Committee continues the requirement to provide semiannual reports on the total number of pregnant, postpartum, or lactating women in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, including detailed justification of the circumstances warranting each pregnant, postpartum, or lactating woman’s continued detention and the time in custody.
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Bill Report
  • The Committee encourages Veterans Affairs (VA) to enhance its services and access to gender-specific care, including primary care providers, gynecologists, maternity care, and mental health providers, including care related to experiences of military sexual trauma. The VA should also enhance its capacity to support pregnant and postpartum women veterans, including expansion of maternity care and lactation support.
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Bill Report
  • The Committee directs the United States Agency for International Development Administrator (USAID) to update its nutrition report, including the approximate number of women receiving prenatal vitamins and breastfeeding education and support as a result of U.S. Government assistance.

What's next for the federal budget process? 
Once the House and Senate have each passed their appropriations bills, they must be "conferenced" to work out any differences between the two versions. House-Senate conference committees make final determinations and prepare a Conference Report. The Conference Report is then passed by the House and the Senate and sent to the President to be signed. All appropriations bills must be completed by the end of the fiscal year on September 30, or Congress will have to pass a continuing resolution to keep the government funded at the start of FY 2023 on October 1. 

The USBC will continue to mobilize support for funding that helps human milk feeding families and will be sure to keep you updated at all stages of the federal budget process. We are so grateful for your partnership, engagement, and support. Thank you! 

~ the USBC team 
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