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119th Congress Agriculture and Food

H.R. 649: Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025

ReportedJun 5, 2025

  1. Introduced (completed)Jan 23, 2025
  2. Passed House (not reached)
  3. Passed Senate (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in House, Jan 23, 2025

This bill revises requirements for milk provided by the National School Lunch Program of the Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Currently, schools participating in the program must provide milk that is consistent with the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans; USDA regulations require milk to be fat-free or low-fat and allow milk to be flavored or unflavored. The bill modifies these restrictions and instead permits schools to offer students whole, reduced-fat, low-fat, and fat-free flavored and unflavored milk. The milk that is offered may be organic or nonorganic. Further, USDA may not prohibit a participating school from offering students any of these milk choices.

Further, schools currently must provide a substitute for fluid milk, on receipt of a written statement from a licensed physician, for students whose disability restricts their diet. Under the bill, a parent or legal guardian may also provide the written statement.

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In addition, schools currently participating in the program must provide meals that meet certain nutrition requirements; USDA regulations require that the average saturated fat content of the meals offered must be less than 10% of the total calories. Under the bill, fluid milk is excluded from the saturated fat content calculation; milk fat included in any fluid milk provided by the program must not be considered saturated fat for the purposes of measuring compliance with USDA regulations.

Finally, the bill prohibits schools participating in the program from purchasing or offering milk produced by Chinese state-owned enterprises.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

Roll calls

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Amendments

0 offered

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Cosponsors

118

Bipartisan support.

Who scored on this bill

56 points earned
  1. 1Glenn Thompson R-PA SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, reached a cosponsor milestone, introduced, marked up, reported7 events+56
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History

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