119-hr2539

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2539 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2539

 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require 
 schools to offer a variety of milk to students participating in the 
 school lunch program, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 1, 2025

 Mr. Carter of Louisiana (for himself and Ms. Mace) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
 Workforce

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 A BILL

 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require 
 schools to offer a variety of milk to students participating in the 
 school lunch program, 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 ``Freedom in School Cafeterias and 
Lunches Act'' or the ``FISCAL Act''.

SEC. 2. TYPES OF MILK OFFERED UNDER THE SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM.

    (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 the heading, by striking ``Fluid milk'' and 
 inserting ``Milk'';

    (2) in subparagraph
        (A) --
        (A) in clause
            (i) --
            (i) by striking ``fluid milk. Such milk'' 
 and inserting ``milk, including fluid milk and 
 plant-based milk, which'';
            (ii) by inserting ``or, in the case of a 
 plant-based milk not included under those 
 guidelines, consistent with nutritional 
 standards established by the Secretary'' after 
 ``(7 U.S.C. 5341)''; and
            (iii) by inserting ``and'' after the 
 semicolon;
        (B) in clause
            (ii) , by striking ``; and'' and 
 inserting a period; and
            (C) by striking clause
            (iii) ;

    (3) by striking subparagraph
        (B) ;

    (4) by redesignating subparagraph
            (C) as subparagraph
        (B) ; 
 and

    (5) in subparagraph
        (B) (as so redesignated), in the matter 
 preceding clause
            (i) , by inserting ``or plant-based milk'' 
 after ``fluid milk''.

    (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 plant-based'' before ``milk''.

    (2) Section 20
            (c) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
 Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b
            (c) ) is amended by striking 
 ``fluid''.
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