# UPC Database (Direct Approp.)

**Agency:** Agriculture (USDA)  
**Account:** Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)  
**Source document:** Food and Nutrition Service · p. 56  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/agriculture/upc-database-direct-approp  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2026 | enacted | 0.9 |
| FY2027 | request | 0.9 |

## Agriculture (USDA) discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $20.40B, FY2026 $33.40B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

Funds the national Universal Product Code database of WIC-approved foods that supports electronic benefit transfer transactions across state WIC programs.


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Agriculture (USDA) › Food and Nutrition Service › Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) › Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC): Mandatory Appropriations


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*