[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 649 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 649

  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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 23, 2025

 Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania (for himself, Ms. Schrier, Mr. Finstad, 
 Ms. Craig, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Meuser, Mr. 
  Estes, Mr. Fleischmann, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. 
 Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Van Orden, Mr. Langworthy, Ms. Pingree, 
     Ms. De La Cruz, Mr. Bost, Mr. Mann, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Joyce of 
   Pennsylvania, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Jackson of Texas, Mr. Graves, Mr. 
Moolenaar, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Alford, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Owens, Mr. Costa, 
   Mr. Panetta, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Perry, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. 
    Mackenzie, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Bresnahan, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Harder of 
California, Mr. Steil, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, 
  Mr. Barr, Ms. Budzinski, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Vasquez, Mrs. Fischbach, Mr. 
 Smucker, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Golden of Maine, Mr. Rose, Mr. 
Messmer, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, 
  Mr. Balderson, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Wied, Mr. 
Newhouse, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Valadao, 
 Mr. Sorensen, Mr. Harris of North Carolina, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Jackson of 
  Illinois, Mr. Fitzpatrick, and Mr. Guest) 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 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 
2025''.

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, parent, or 
                        legal guardian 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).''.
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