[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[H.R. 1147 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 293
118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1147


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 14, 2023

                     Received; read the first time

                           December 18, 2023

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow 
schools that participate in the school lunch program under such Act to 
                           serve whole milk.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. ORGANIC OR NON-ORGANIC WHOLE MILK PERMISSIBLE.

    Section 9(a)(2) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
                    ``(A) In general.--Lunches served by schools 
                participating in the school lunch program under this 
                Act--
                            ``(i) shall offer students a variety of 
                        fluid milk;
                            ``(ii) may offer students flavored and 
                        unflavored organic or non-organic whole, 
                        reduced-fat, low-fat and fat-free fluid milk 
                        and lactose-free fluid milk; and
                            ``(iii) shall provide a substitute for 
                        fluid milk for students whose disability 
                        restricts their diet, on receipt of a written 
                        statement from a licensed physician that 
                        identifies the disability that restricts the 
                        student's diet and that specifies the 
                        substitute for fluid milk.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) Saturated fat.--Milk fat included in any 
                fluid milk provided under subparagraph (A) shall not be 
                considered saturated fat for purposes of measuring 
                compliance with the allowable average saturated fat 
                content of a meal under section 210.10 of title 7, Code 
                of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).
                    ``(E) Prohibition on certain purchases.--The 
                Secretary shall prohibit schools participating in the 
                school lunch program under this Act from purchasing or 
                offering milk produced by China state-owned 
                enterprises.
                    ``(F) Limitation on authority.--The Secretary may 
                not prohibit any school participating in the school 
                lunch program under this Act from offering students the 
                milk described in subparagraph (A)(ii).''.

            Passed the House of Representatives December 13, 2023.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.
                                                       Calendar No. 293

118th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1147

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                                 AN ACT

  To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow 
schools that participate in the school lunch program under such Act to 
                           serve whole milk.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           December 18, 2023

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar