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 Union Calendar No. 111
119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 649

 [Report No. 119-142]

 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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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 23, 2025

 Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania (for himself, Ms. Schrier, Mr. Finstad, 
 Ms. Craig, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Meuser, Mr. 
 Estes, Mr. Fleischmann, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. 
 Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Van Orden, Mr. Langworthy, Ms. Pingree, 
 Ms. De La Cruz, Mr. Bost, Mr. Mann, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Joyce of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Jackson of Texas, Mr. Graves, Mr. 
Moolenaar, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Alford, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Owens, Mr. Costa, 
 Mr. Panetta, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Perry, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. 
 Mackenzie, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Bresnahan, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Harder of 
California, Mr. Steil, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, 
 Mr. Barr, Ms. Budzinski, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Vasquez, Mrs. Fischbach, Mr. 
 Smucker, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Golden of Maine, Mr. Rose, Mr. 
Messmer, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, 
 Mr. Balderson, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Wied, Mr. 
Newhouse, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Valadao, 
 Mr. Sorensen, Mr. Harris of North Carolina, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Jackson of 
 Illinois, Mr. Fitzpatrick, and Mr. Guest) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

 June 5, 2025

 Additional sponsors: Ms. Maloy, Mr. Gray, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, Mr. Riley 
 of New York, Mr. Collins, Mr. Mannion, Ms. McDonald Rivet, Mr. Allen, 
 Ms. Letlow, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Rulli, Ms. DelBene, Mr. 
Baird, Mr. Bentz, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Lucas, 
Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Womack, Mr. Suozzi, Mrs. Houchin, Ms. 
 Balint, Mr. Moore of North Carolina, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. 
Baumgartner, Mr. Comer, Mr. Carter of Texas, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Foxx, Mr. 
 LaMalfa, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Onder, Mr. 
Moylan, Mr. Yakym, Mr. Carbajal, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. 
 Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Downing, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Ms. 
 Stefanik, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Ms. Scholten, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. 
 Tiffany, and Mr. Feenstra

 June 5, 2025

 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
 House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
 in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 
 23, 2025]

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 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.

 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 ``Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. ORGANIC OR NON-ORGANIC WHOLE MILK PERMISSIBLE.

 

Section 9

    (a)

    (2) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1758

    (a)

    (2) ) is amended--

    (1) by amending subparagraph
        (A) to read as follows:
 ``
        (A) In general.--Lunches served by schools 
 participating in the school lunch program under this 
 Act--
 ``
            (i) shall offer students a variety of 
 fluid milk;
 ``
            (ii) may offer students flavored and 
 unflavored organic or non-organic whole, 
 reduced-fat, low-fat, and fat-free fluid milk 
 and lactose-free fluid milk; and
 ``
            (iii) shall provide a substitute for 
 fluid milk for students whose disability 
 restricts their diet, on receipt of a written 
 statement from a licensed physician, parent, or 
 legal guardian that identifies the disability 
 that restricts the student's diet and that 
 specifies the substitute for fluid milk.''; and

    (2) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (D) Saturated fat.--Milk fat included in any 
 fluid milk provided under subparagraph
        (A) shall not be 
 considered saturated fat for purposes of measuring 
 compliance with the allowable average saturated fat 
 content of a meal under 

section 210.10 of title 7, Code 
 of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).
 ``
        (E) Prohibition on certain purchases.--The 
 Secretary shall prohibit schools participating in the 
 school lunch program under this Act from purchasing or 
 offering milk produced by a China state-owned 
 enterprise.
 ``
        (F) Limitation on authority.--The Secretary may 
 not prohibit any school participating in the school 
 lunch program under this Act from offering students the 
 milk described in subparagraph
        (A)
            (ii) .''.
 Union Calendar No. 111

119th CONGRESS

 1st Session

 H. R. 649

 [Report No. 119-142]

_______________________________________________________________________

 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

 June 5, 2025

 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
 House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed