Legislation

WIC Legislative Requirements are contained in Section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. 

Click here for a PDF file of the compilation of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.

Regulations

WIC Regulations are published by the Federal Register in the Code of Federal Regulations, 7 C.F.R. Part 246.  The CFR is updated with files with an effective date as of January 1 each year.  The CFR, in print or on-line, represents updates as of January and will not include changes which have been subsequently published.  (The consolidations for January 2008 were made available on March 18, 2008.)

WIC Program Regulations (PDF) (01/01/08) 
Text version 

WIC Regulations by section

Farmers' Market Nutrition Program Regulations (PDF) (01/01/08)  
Text version

FMNP regulations by section 

Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program Regulations (PDF) (01/01/08) 
Text version

SFMNP regulations by section

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Recently Published Regulations

Discretionary Vendor Provisions of the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004, P.L. 208-265 - Final Rule
Published in the Federal Register January 6, 2009

Miscellaneous Vendor-Related Provisions - Final Rule
Published in the Federal Register, April 23, 2008

Implementation of Nondiscretionary WIC Certification and General Administrative Provisions - Interim Final Rule
Published in the Federal Register, March 3, 2008

Revisions in the WIC Food Packages - Interim Rule
Published in the Federal Register, December 6, 2007
Change in implementation date published in the Federal Register, March 17, 2008.

Data Collection Related to the Participation of Faith-Based and Community Organizations - Final Rule
Published May 2, 2007

Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) Final Rule - Announcement of Approval and Compliance Date, With Technical Amendment
Published March 23, 2007

Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program - Final Rule 
Published December 12, 2006

WIC Miscellaneous Provisions - Final Rule 
Published September 27, 2006

Discretionary Vendor Provisions - Proposed Rule
Published 08/01/06. Comments were due 10/02/06.

Vendor Cost Containment - Interim Rule
Published 11/29/05.  Comments were due 11/29/06.

Recently published WIC regulations