[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2539 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2539

 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require 
  schools to offer a variety of milk to students participating in the 
             school lunch program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 1, 2025

   Mr. Carter of Louisiana (for himself and Ms. Mace) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                               Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require 
  schools to offer a variety of milk to students participating in the 
             school lunch program, 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 ``Freedom in School Cafeterias and 
Lunches Act'' or the ``FISCAL Act''.

SEC. 2. TYPES OF MILK OFFERED UNDER THE SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 9(a)(2) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by striking ``Fluid milk'' and 
        inserting ``Milk'';
            (2) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) in clause (i)--
                            (i) by striking ``fluid milk. Such milk'' 
                        and inserting ``milk, including fluid milk and 
                        plant-based milk, which'';
                            (ii) by inserting ``or, in the case of a 
                        plant-based milk not included under those 
                        guidelines, consistent with nutritional 
                        standards established by the Secretary'' after 
                        ``(7 U.S.C. 5341)''; and
                            (iii) by inserting ``and'' after the 
                        semicolon;
                    (B) in clause (ii), by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a period; and
                    (C) by striking clause (iii);
            (3) by striking subparagraph (B);
            (4) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B); 
        and
            (5) in subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated), in the matter 
        preceding clause (i), by inserting ``or plant-based milk'' 
        after ``fluid milk''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 14(f) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
        Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1762a(f)) is amended, in the third 
        sentence, by inserting ``or plant-based'' before ``milk''.
            (2) Section 20(c) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
        Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b(c)) is amended by striking 
        ``fluid''.
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