[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 222 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
S.222
One Hundred Nineteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty five
An Act
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
2025''.
SEC. 2. ORGANIC OR NON-ORGANIC WHOLE MILK PERMISSIBLE.
(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 subparagraph (A)--
(A) by striking clauses (i) and (ii) and inserting the
following:
``(i) shall offer students a variety of fluid milk;
``(ii) may offer students options which may include
flavored and unflavored organic or nonorganic whole,
reduced-fat, low-fat, and fat-free fluid milk and lactose-
free fluid milk, and nondairy beverages that are
nutritionally equivalent to fluid milk and meet the
nutritional standards established by the Secretary (which
shall, among other requirements to be determined by the
Secretary, include fortification of calcium, protein,
vitamin A, and vitamin D to levels found in cow's milk);
and''; and
(B) in clause (iii), by striking ``physician'' and
inserting ``physician, parent, or legal guardian'';
(2) in subparagraph (C), in the matter preceding clause (i), by
striking ``fluid milk products'' and inserting ``products described
in subparagraph (A)(ii)''; and
(3) 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) Application.--Subparagraph (B)(ii) is not applicable
to a school that offers nondairy beverages under subparagraph
(A)(ii).''.
(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 a nondairy beverage that meets the nutritional
standards described in section 9(a)(2)(B)'' after ``milk''.
(2) Section 20(c) of the Richard B. Russell National School
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b(c)) is amended by striking ``patterns
and fluid milk requirements'' and inserting ``patterns, fluid milk
requirements, and nutritional standards for nondairy beverages''.
SEC. 3. INCLUDING FOOD ALLERGY INFORMATION IN EXISTING TRAINING MODULES
FOR LOCAL FOOD SERVICE PERSONNEL.
(a) Food Allergy Training Module.--Section 7(g)(2)(B)(iii) of the
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1776(g)(2)(B)(iii)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subclauses (II) and (III) as subclauses
(III) and (IV), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subclause (I) the following:
``(II) food allergies, including information on the
best practices to prevent, recognize, and respond to
food-related allergic reactions;''.
(b) Certification.--Section 7(g)(2)(B)(ii)(II) of the Child
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1776(g)(2)(B)(ii)(II)) is amended by
striking ``clause (i)'' and inserting ``clauses (i) and (iii)''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.