I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 649 
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 
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, par-
ent, or legal guardian that identifies the 
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disability 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 
purposes of measuring compliance with the al-
lowable 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 China state-owned enterprises. 
‘‘(F) LIMITATION
ON
AUTHORITY.—The 
Secretary may not prohibit any school partici-
pating in the school lunch program under this 
Act from offering students the milk described in 
subparagraph (A)(ii).’’. 
Æ 
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