School Milk Nutrition Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3125
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2019-06-05
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health

Elementary and secondary education

Food assistance and relief

Nutrition and diet
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-06-05
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>School Milk Nutrition Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill revises requirements for milk provided by the National School Lunch Program of the Department of Agriculture.</p> <p>The bill permits schools participating in the program to offer students low-fat flavored milk.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3125 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 5, 2019 Mr. Courtney (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania , Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire , Mr. Welch , Mr. Peterson , Mr. Pocan , Mr. Kind , Mr. Brindisi , Mr. Delgado , Mrs. Craig , Mr. Cox of California , Ms. DelBene , Mr. Costa , Mr. Van Drew , Mr. Collins of New York , Mr. Reschenthaler , Ms. Stefanik , Mr. Katko , Mr. David P. Roe of Tennessee , Mr. Comer , Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania , Mr. Grothman , Ms. Finkenauer , Mr. O'Halleran , Mr. Schrader , and Mr. Duffy ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To reverse declining milk consumption in schools.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the School Milk Nutrition Act of 2019 . 2. Fluid milk Section 9(a)(2) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(2) ) is amended by striking subparagraph (A) inserting the following: (A) In general Lunches served by schools participating in the school lunch program under this Act— (i) shall offer students a variety of fluid milk. Such milk shall be consistent with the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans published under section 301 of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 5341 ); (ii) may offer students flavored and unflavored fluid milk, including low-fat flavored milk and lactose-free fluid milk; and (iii) shall provide a substitute for fluid milk for students whose disability restricts their diet, on receipt of a written statement from a licensed physician that identifies the disability that restricts the student’s diet and that specifies the substitute for fluid milk. .