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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 222 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow schools |
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| 6 | 6 | | that participate in the school lunch program to serve whole milk, and |
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| 7 | 7 | | for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY23, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. M |
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| 11 | 11 | | ARSHALL(for himself, Mr. WELCH, Mr. MCCORMICK, Mr. FETTERMAN, |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mr. G |
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| 13 | 13 | | RASSLEY, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Mr. KING, Mr. |
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| 14 | 14 | | R |
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| 15 | 15 | | ISCH, Mr. CRAPO, and Ms. ERNST) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 16 | 16 | | was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, |
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| 17 | 17 | | and Forestry |
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| 18 | 18 | | A BILL |
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| 19 | 19 | | To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch |
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| 20 | 20 | | Act to allow schools that participate in the school lunch |
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| 21 | 21 | | program to serve whole milk, and for other purposes. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Whole Milk for 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Healthy Kids Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •S 222 IS |
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| 30 | 30 | | SEC. 2. ORGANIC OR NON-ORGANIC WHOLE MILK PERMIS-1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | SIBLE. 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Section 9(a)(2) of the Richard B. Russell National 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(2)) is amended— 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) in subparagraph (A)— 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (A) by striking clauses (i) and (ii) and in-6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | serting the following: 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(i) shall offer students a variety of 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | fluid milk; 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(ii) may offer students flavored and 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | unflavored organic or nonorganic whole, 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | reduced-fat, low-fat, and fat-free fluid milk 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | and lactose-free fluid milk;’’; and 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (B) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘physician’’ 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | and inserting ‘‘physician, parent, or legal 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | guardian’’; and 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (2) by adding at the end the following: 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘(D) S |
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| 48 | 48 | | ATURATED FAT.—Milk fat included 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | in any fluid milk provided under subparagraph 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (A) shall not be considered saturated fat for 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | purposes of measuring compliance with the al-21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | lowable average saturated fat content of a meal 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | under section 210.10 of title 7, Code of Federal 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Regulations (or successor regulations).’’. 24 |
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