119-hr648

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 648 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 648

To direct the Secretary of Defense to provide fluid or powdered milk to 
 members of the Armed Forces at dining facilities on military 
 installations.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 23, 2025

 Mr. Van Orden (for himself, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. Thompson of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Bacon, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. 
 Messmer, Mr. Steil, Mr. Bishop, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, Mr. 
 Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Clyde, Mrs. Luna, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, 
 Mr. Self, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. Finstad, Ms. 
Malliotakis, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Grothman, Mr. 
 Downing, Mr. Langworthy, Mr. Meuser, and Mrs. Cammack) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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 A BILL

To direct the Secretary of Defense to provide fluid or powdered milk to 
 members of the Armed Forces at dining facilities on military 
 installations.

 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 ``Strengthening our Servicemembers 
with Milk Act''.

SEC. 2. PROVISION OF MILK TO MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AT DINING 
 FACILITIES ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall provide fluid or 
powdered milk to members of the Armed Forces at dining facilities on 
military installations, in varieties that may include--

    (1) unflavored;

    (2) flavored;

    (3) organic;

    (4) non-organic;

    (5) whole;

    (6) reduced-fat;

    (7) low-fat;

    (8) fat-free;

    (9) lactose-free; or

    (10) any combination thereof.

    (b) Prohibition.--The Secretary may not, to carry out this section, 
purchase fluid or powdered milk from an entity owned or controlled by a 
foreign adversary, as determined by the Secretary of Commerce under 

section 7.4 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor 
regulation).
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