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Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025

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This Act may be cited as the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025.
Section 9(a)(2) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(2)) is amended—
by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
Lunches served by schools participating in the school lunch program under this Act—
shall offer students a variety of fluid milk;
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
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.
by adding at the end the following:
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).
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.
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).

Legislative Timeline

9 actions
  1. Jun 5, 2025
    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-142.
  2. Jun 5, 2025 House
    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-142.
  3. Jun 5, 2025 House
    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 111.
  4. Feb 12, 2025 House
    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. Feb 12, 2025 House
    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 10.
  6. Jan 23, 2025
    Introduced in House
  7. Jan 23, 2025
    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H307-308)
  8. Jan 23, 2025
    Introduced in House
  9. Jan 23, 2025 House
    Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
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