[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[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.