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[S. 222 Reported in Senate

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 Calendar No. 111
119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 222

 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow 
 schools that participate in the school lunch program to serve whole 
 milk, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 January 23, 2025

Mr. Marshall (for himself, Mr. Welch, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. 
 Grassley, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. King, Mr. Risch, Mr. 
 Crapo, Ms. Ernst, Ms. Slotkin, Ms. Collins, Mr. Moran, Mr. Justice, 
 Mrs. Fischer, and Mr. Heinrich) introduced the following bill; which 
was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
 and Forestry

 July 10, 2025

 Reported by Mr. Boozman, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
 in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow 
 schools that participate in the school lunch program to serve whole 
 milk, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Whole Milk for Healthy Kids 
Act of 2025''.</DELETED>

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SEC. 2. ORGANIC OR NON-ORGANIC WHOLE MILK 
 PERMISSIBLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED> 

Section 9

    (a)

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

    (a)

    (2) ) is amended--</DELETED>
 <DELETED>

    (1) in subparagraph
        (A) --</DELETED>
 <DELETED>
        (A) by striking clauses
            (i) and
            (ii) and 
 inserting the following:</DELETED>
 <DELETED> ``
            (i) shall offer students a 
 variety of fluid milk;</DELETED>
 <DELETED> ``
            (ii) may offer students flavored 
 and unflavored organic or nonorganic whole, 
 reduced-fat, low-fat, and fat-free fluid milk 
 and lactose-free fluid milk;''; and</DELETED>
 <DELETED>
        (B) in clause
            (iii) , by striking 
 ``physician'' and inserting ``physician, parent, or 
 legal guardian''; and</DELETED>
 <DELETED>

    (2) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
 <DELETED> ``
            (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).''.</DELETED>

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.

    (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 subparagraph
        (A) --
        (A) by striking clauses
            (i) and
            (ii) and inserting 
 the following:
 ``
            (i) shall offer students a variety of 
 fluid milk;
 ``
            (ii) may offer students options which may 
 include flavored and unflavored organic or 
 nonorganic whole, reduced-fat, low-fat, and 
 fat-free fluid milk and lactose-free fluid 
 milk, and nondairy beverages that are 
 nutritionally equivalent to fluid milk and meet 
 the nutritional standards established by the 
 Secretary (which shall, among other 
 requirements to be determined by the Secretary, 
 include fortification of calcium, protein, 
 vitamin A, and vitamin D to levels found in 
 cow's milk); and''; and
        (B) in clause
            (iii) , by striking ``physician'' and 
 inserting ``physician, parent, or legal guardian'';

    (2) in subparagraph
            (C) , in the matter preceding clause
            (i) , by striking ``fluid milk products'' and inserting 
 ``products described in subparagraph
        (A)
            (ii) ''; and

    (3) 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) Application.--Subparagraph
        (B)
            (ii) is not 
 applicable to a school that offers nondairy beverages 
 under subparagraph
        (A)
            (ii) .''.

    (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 a nondairy beverage that meets the 
 nutritional standards described in 

section 9

    (a)

    (2)
        (B) '' after 
 ``milk''.

    (2) Section 20
            (c) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
 Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b
            (c) ) is amended by striking 
 ``patterns and fluid milk requirements'' and inserting 
 ``patterns, fluid milk requirements, and nutritional standards 
 for nondairy beverages''.

SEC. 3. INCLUDING FOOD ALLERGY INFORMATION IN EXISTING TRAINING MODULES 
 FOR LOCAL FOOD SERVICE PERSONNEL.

    (a) Food Allergy Training Module.--

Section 7

    (g)

    (2)
        (B)
            (iii) of the 
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1776

    (g)

    (2)
        (B)
            (iii) ) is amended--

    (1) by redesignating subclauses
            (II) and
            (III) as 
 subclauses
            (III) and
            (IV) , respectively; and

    (2) by inserting after subclause
            (I) the following:
 ``
            (II) food allergies, including 
 information on the best practices to 
 prevent, recognize, and respond to 
 food-related allergic reactions;''.

    (b) Certification.--

Section 7

    (g)

    (2)
        (B)
            (ii) 
            (II) of the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1776

    (g)

    (2)
        (B)
            (ii) 
            (II) ) is amended by 
striking ``clause
            (i) '' and inserting ``clauses
            (i) and
            (iii) ''.
 Calendar No. 111

119th CONGRESS

 1st Session

 S. 222

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow 
 schools that participate in the school lunch program to serve whole 
 milk, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 July 10, 2025

 Reported with an amendment