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Union Calendar No. 111
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 649
[Report No. 119-142]
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
June 5, 2025
Additional sponsors: Ms. Maloy, Mr. Gray, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, Mr. Riley
of New York, Mr. Collins, Mr. Mannion, Ms. McDonald Rivet, Mr. Allen,
Ms. Letlow, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Rulli, Ms. DelBene, Mr.
Baird, Mr. Bentz, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Lucas,
Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Womack, Mr. Suozzi, Mrs. Houchin, Ms.
Balint, Mr. Moore of North Carolina, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr.
Baumgartner, Mr. Comer, Mr. Carter of Texas, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Foxx, Mr.
LaMalfa, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Onder, Mr.
Moylan, Mr. Yakym, Mr. Carbajal, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Ms. Kaptur, Mr.
Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Downing, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Ms.
Stefanik, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Ms. Scholten, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr.
Tiffany, and Mr. Feenstra
June 5, 2025
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January
23, 2025]
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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 a China state-owned
enterprise.
``(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).''.
Union Calendar No. 111
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 649
[Report No. 119-142]
_______________________________________________________________________
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.
_______________________________________________________________________
June 5, 2025
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed