[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1957 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1957

  To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow 
  schools that participate in the school lunch program to serve whole 
                     milk, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 13, 2023

 Mr. Marshall (for himself, Mr. Welch, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. 
  Risch, Ms. Collins, Mr. King, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. 
Crapo, and Mr. Grassley) introduced the following bill; which was read 
  twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
                                Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow 
  schools that participate in the school lunch program to serve whole 
                     milk, and for other purposes.

    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. WHOLE MILK PERMISSIBLE.

    Section 9(a)(2) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(2)(A)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``milk.'' in the 
                first sentence and all that follows through ``(7 U.S.C. 
                5341);'' and inserting ``milk;''; and
                    (B) in clause (ii), by inserting ``whole, reduced-
                fat, low-fat, and fat-free'' after ``unflavored''; 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).''.
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