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2		-	Calendar No. 293
3	1		118THCONGRESS
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5	3		STSESSION H. R. 1147
6		-	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
7		-	DECEMBER14, 2023
8		-	Received; read the first time
9		-	D
10		-	ECEMBER18, 2023
11		-	Read the second time and placed on the calendar
12	4		AN ACT
13	5		To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch
14	6		Act to allow schools that participate in the school lunch
15	7		program under such Act to serve whole milk.
16	8		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
17		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
18		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
19		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Whole Milk for 4
20		-	Healthy Kids Act of 2023’’. 5
21		-	SEC. 2. ORGANIC OR NON-ORGANIC WHOLE MILK PERMIS-6
22		-	SIBLE. 7
23		-	Section 9(a)(2) of the Richard B. Russell National 8
24		-	School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(2)) is amended— 9
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26		-	HR 1147 PCS
27		-	(1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 1
28		-	follows: 2
	9	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
	10	+	•HR 1147 EH
	11	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
	12	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Whole Milk for 2
	13	+	Healthy Kids Act of 2023’’. 3
	14	+	SEC. 2. ORGANIC OR NON-ORGANIC WHOLE MILK PERMIS-4
	15	+	SIBLE. 5
	16	+	Section 9(a)(2) of the Richard B. Russell National 6
	17	+	School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(2)) is amended— 7
	18	+	(1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 8
	19	+	follows: 9
29	20		‘‘(A) I
30		-	N GENERAL.—Lunches served by 3
31		-	schools participating in the school lunch pro-4
32		-	gram under this Act— 5
33		-	‘‘(i) shall offer students a variety of 6
34		-	fluid milk; 7
35		-	‘‘(ii) may offer students flavored and 8
36		-	unflavored organic or non-organic whole, 9
37		-	reduced-fat, low-fat and fat-free fluid milk 10
38		-	and lactose-free fluid milk; and 11
39		-	‘‘(iii) shall provide a substitute for 12
40		-	fluid milk for students whose disability re-13
41		-	stricts their diet, on receipt of a written 14
42		-	statement from a licensed physician that 15
43		-	identifies the disability that restricts the 16
44		-	student’s diet and that specifies the sub-17
45		-	stitute for fluid milk.’’; and 18
46		-	(2) by adding at the end the following: 19
47		-	‘‘(D) S
48		-	ATURATED FAT.—Milk fat included 20
49		-	in any fluid milk provided under subparagraph 21
50		-	(A) shall not be considered saturated fat for 22
51		-	purposes of measuring compliance with the al-23
52		-	lowable average saturated fat content of a meal 24
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54		-	HR 1147 PCS
55		-	under section 210.10 of title 7, Code of Federal 1
56		-	Regulations (or successor regulations). 2
	21	+	N GENERAL.—Lunches served by 10
	22	+	schools participating in the school lunch pro-11
	23	+	gram under this Act— 12
	24	+	‘‘(i) shall offer students a variety of 13
	25	+	fluid milk; 14
	26	+	‘‘(ii) may offer students flavored and 15
	27	+	unflavored organic or non-organic whole, 16
	28	+	reduced-fat, low-fat and fat-free fluid milk 17
	29	+	and lactose-free fluid milk; and 18
	30	+	‘‘(iii) shall provide a substitute for 19
	31	+	fluid milk for students whose disability re-20
	32	+	stricts their diet, on receipt of a written 21
	33	+	statement from a licensed physician that 22
	34	+	identifies the disability that restricts the 23
	35	+	student’s diet and that specifies the sub-24
	36	+	stitute for fluid milk.’’; and 25
	37	+	(2) by adding at the end the following: 26 3
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	39	+	‘‘(D) SATURATED FAT.—Milk fat included 1
	40	+	in any fluid milk provided under subparagraph 2
	41	+	(A) shall not be considered saturated fat for 3
	42	+	purposes of measuring compliance with the al-4
	43	+	lowable average saturated fat content of a meal 5
	44	+	under section 210.10 of title 7, Code of Federal 6
	45	+	Regulations (or successor regulations). 7
57	46		‘‘(E) P
58		-	ROHIBITION ON CERTAIN PUR -3
59		-	CHASES.—The Secretary shall prohibit schools 4
60		-	participating in the school lunch program under 5
61		-	this Act from purchasing or offering milk pro-6
62		-	duced by China state-owned enterprises. 7
	47	+	ROHIBITION ON CERTAIN PUR -8
	48	+	CHASES.—The Secretary shall prohibit schools 9
	49	+	participating in the school lunch program under 10
	50	+	this Act from purchasing or offering milk pro-11
	51	+	duced by China state-owned enterprises. 12
63	52		‘‘(F) L
64		-	IMITATION ON AUTHORITY .—The 8
65		-	Secretary may not prohibit any school partici-9
66		-	pating in the school lunch program under this 10
67		-	Act from offering students the milk described in 11
68		-	subparagraph (A)(ii).’’. 12
	53	+	IMITATION ON AUTHORITY .—The 13
	54	+	Secretary may not prohibit any school partici-14
	55	+	pating in the school lunch program under this 15
	56	+	Act from offering students the milk described in 16
	57	+	subparagraph (A)(ii).’’. 17
69	58		Passed the House of Representatives December 13,
70	59		2023.
71		-	Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,
72		-	Clerk.
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74		-	293
75		-	118
	60	+	Attest:
	61	+	Clerk. 118
76	62		TH
77	63		CONGRESS
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79	65		ST
80	66		S
81	67		ESSION
82	68
83	69		H. R. 1147
84	70		AN ACT
85	71		To amend the Richard B. Russell National School
86	72		Lunch Act to allow schools that participate in
87	73		the school lunch program under such Act to
88	74		serve whole milk.
89		-	D
90		-	ECEMBER
91		-	18, 2023
92		-	Read the second time and placed on the calendar
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