[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 222 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 222

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                                 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)''.

            Passed the Senate November 20, 2025.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
119th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 222

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.