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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. 
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 Pennsyl-
vania, 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 Caro-
lina, Mr. TONKO, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mr. 
GUEST) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee 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. 
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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. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 PERMIS-
SIBLE. 
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 pro-
gram 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 re-
stricts their diet, on receipt of a written 
statement from a licensed physician, parent, 
or legal guardian that identifies the dis-
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ability 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 pur-
poses of measuring compliance with the allow-
able 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
PUR-
CHASES.—The Secretary shall prohibit schools 
participating in the school lunch program under 
this Act from purchasing or offering milk pro-
duced by a China state-owned enterprise. 
‘‘(F) LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY.—The Sec-
retary may not prohibit any school participating 
in the school lunch program under this Act from 
offering students the milk described in subpara-
graph (A)(ii).’’. 
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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 Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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