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119THCONGRESS
1
STSESSION H. R. 649
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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY23, 2025
Mr. T
HOMPSONof Pennsylvania (for himself, Ms. SCHRIER, Mr. FINSTAD, Ms.
C
RAIG, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. SCOTTFRANKLINof Florida, Mr. MEUSER,
Mr. E
STES, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mrs. MILLERof Illinois, Mrs. CAMMACK,
Mr. A
USTINSCOTTof Georgia, Mr. VANORDEN, Mr. LANGWORTHY, Ms.
P
INGREE, Ms. DELACRUZ, Mr. BOST, Mr. MANN, Ms. TENNEY, Mr.
J
OYCEof Pennsylvania, Mr. FULCHER, Mr. JACKSONof Texas, Mr.
G
RAVES, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. FITZGERALD, Mr. ALFORD, Mr. BACON,
Mr. O
WENS, Mr. COSTA, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. BISHOP, Mr.
P
ERRY, Mr. DELUZIO, Mr. MACKENZIE, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. BRESNAHAN,
Mr. P
OCAN, Mr. H ARDER of California, Mr. STEIL, Mr.
R
ESCHENTHALER, Mr. DAVISof North Carolina, Mr. BARR, Ms.
B
UDZINSKI, Mr. RYAN, Mr. VASQUEZ, Mrs. FISCHBACH, Mr. SMUCKER,
Mr. C
UELLAR, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. GOLDENof Maine, Mr. ROSE, Mr.
M
ESSMER, Mr. CARTERof Georgia, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. KELLYof Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. B
ALDERSON, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. KELLYof Mississippi, Mr.
W
IED, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mrs. HINSON, Mr. MOOREof Alabama, Mr.
C
OURTNEY, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. SORENSEN, Mr. HARRISof North Caro-
lina, Mr. T
ONKO, Mr. JACKSONof Illinois, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mr.
G
UEST) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and Workforce
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.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Whole Milk for 4
Healthy Kids Act of 2025’’. 5
SEC. 2. ORGANIC OR NON-ORGANIC WHOLE MILK PERMIS-6
SIBLE. 7
Section 9(a)(2) of the Richard B. Russell National 8
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(2)) is amended— 9
(1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 10
follows: 11
‘‘(A) I
N GENERAL.—Lunches served by 12
schools participating in the school lunch pro-13
gram under this Act— 14
‘‘(i) shall offer students a variety of 15
fluid milk; 16
‘‘(ii) may offer students flavored and 17
unflavored organic or non-organic whole, 18
reduced-fat, low-fat, and fat-free fluid milk 19
and lactose-free fluid milk; and 20
‘‘(iii) shall provide a substitute for 21
fluid milk for students whose disability re-22
stricts their diet, on receipt of a written 23
statement from a licensed physician, par-24
ent, or legal guardian that identifies the 25
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disability that restricts the student’s diet 1
and that specifies the substitute for fluid 2
milk.’’; and 3
(2) by adding at the end the following: 4
‘‘(D) S
ATURATED FAT.—Milk fat included 5
in any fluid milk provided under subparagraph 6
(A) shall not be considered saturated fat for 7
purposes of measuring compliance with the al-8
lowable average saturated fat content of a meal 9
under section 210.10 of title 7, Code of Federal 10
Regulations (or successor regulations). 11
‘‘(E) P
ROHIBITION ON CERTAIN PUR -12
CHASES.—The Secretary shall prohibit schools 13
participating in the school lunch program under 14
this Act from purchasing or offering milk pro-15
duced by China state-owned enterprises. 16
‘‘(F) L
IMITATION ON AUTHORITY .—The 17
Secretary may not prohibit any school partici-18
pating in the school lunch program under this 19
Act from offering students the milk described in 20
subparagraph (A)(ii).’’. 21
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