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Union Calendar No. 103 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1147 

[Report No. 118–131] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 21, 2023 

Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania (for himself, Ms. SCHRIER, Mr. FULCHER, 

Mr. BALDERSON, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. TRONE, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT

of Georgia, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. SMUCKER, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. BANKS, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. 

RESCHENTHALER, Mr. PERRY, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. 

MANN, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, 

Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. STEIL, Ms. STEFANIK, 

Mr. RYAN, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. FITZGERALD, Mr. BARR, Mr. JOHNSON of 

South Dakota, Mr. TONKO, Ms. SPANBERGER, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, 

Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, and Mr. 

CLINE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Education and the Workforce 

JUNE 30, 2023 

Additional sponsors: Mr. JACKSON of Texas, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. CUELLAR, 

Mr. ALFORD, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. VAN ORDEN, Ms. DE LA CRUZ, Mr. 

VASQUEZ, Mr. HARDER of California, Mr. MOLINARO, Mr. COURTNEY, 

Mrs. HAYES, Ms. LETLOW, Mr. ROSE, Mr. GOOD of Virginia, Mr. COSTA, 

Ms. HAGEMAN, Mr. GOLDEN of Maine, Mrs. LESKO, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. 

WALBERG, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. WILLIAMS of New York, Mr. 

LANGWORTHY, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. STAUBER, Mrs. HINSON, Mr. SMITH

of Missouri, Mr. COMER, Mr. BACON, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. PINGREE, 

Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. PFLUGER, Mr. CARTER of 

Texas, Mrs. MCCLAIN, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. CAMMACK, Mr. 

ESTES, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. MILLER of 

Ohio, Mrs. CHAVEZ-DEREMER, Mr. BOST, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. 

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SCOTT of Georgia, Mrs. FISCHBACH, Mr. CARL, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. 

WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. MORAN, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. 

DAVIS of North Carolina, Mr. ALLEN, Mrs. HOUCHIN, Ms. WILD, Mr. 

C. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, Mr. POCAN, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. 

JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. ARMSTRONG, Ms. MACE, Mr. 

AMODEI, Mr. SELF, Mr. WALTZ, Mrs. MILLER of West Virginia, Mr. 

MCHENRY, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. PENCE, Mr. POSEY, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, Mr. DUNN of Florida, Mr. PANETTA, 

Ms. DELBENE, Mr. HERN, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. BENTZ, Mr. LAMBORN, 

Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Ms. KUSTER, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. DELUZIO, Mr. 

MILLS, Mr. LATURNER, and Ms. CARAVEO

JUNE 30, 2023 

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 February 21, 2023] 

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. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Whole Milk for Healthy 

5 Kids Act of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. WHOLE MILK PERMISSIBLE. 

7 Section 9(a)(2) of the Richard B. Russell National 

8 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(2)) is amended— 

9 (1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 

10 follows: 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Lunches served by 

12 schools participating in the school lunch pro13 gram under this Act— 

14 ‘‘(i) shall offer students a variety of 

15 fluid milk; 

16 ‘‘(ii) may offer students flavored and 

17 unflavored whole, reduced-fat, low-fat and 

18 fat-free fluid milk and lactose-free fluid 

19 milk; and 

20 ‘‘(iii) shall provide a substitute for 

21 fluid milk for students whose disability re22 stricts their diet, on receipt of a written 

23 statement from a licensed physician that 

24 identifies the disability that restricts the 


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1 student’s diet and that specifies the sub2 stitute for fluid milk.’’; and 

3 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(D) SATURATED FAT.—Milk fat included 

5 in any fluid milk provided under subparagraph 

6 (A) shall not be considered saturated fat for pur7 poses of measuring compliance with the allow8 able average saturated fat content of a meal 

9 under section 210.10 of title 7, Code of Federal 

10 Regulations (or successor regulations).’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 103 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1147 

[Report No. 118–131] 

A BILL 

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School 

serve whole milk. the school lunch program under such Act to Lunch Act to allow schools that participate in 

JUNE 30, 2023 

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


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