School Milk Nutrition Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4635
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2021-07-22
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2021-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-07-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>School Milk Nutrition Act of 20</b><strong>21</strong></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 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4635 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 22, 2021 Mr. Courtney (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania , Mr. Bacon , Mr. Bishop of Georgia , Mrs. Bustos , Mr. Cartwright , Mr. Correa , Mr. Costa , Ms. Craig , Mr. Cuellar , Ms. DelBene , Mr. Delgado , Mr. Fulcher , Mrs. Hayes , Ms. Houlahan , Mr. Jacobs of New York , Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania , Mr. Lamb , Mr. Mann , Mr. Kind , Ms. Kuster , Ms. Meng , Mr. Meuser , Mr. O'Halleran , Mr. Pappas , Mr. Pocan , Mr. Reschenthaler , Mr. Schrader , Mr. David Scott of Georgia , Ms. Slotkin , Mr. Smucker , Ms. Spanberger , Ms. Stefanik , Ms. Stevens , Mr. Suozzi , Mr. Tonko , Mr. Valadao , Mr. Van Drew , and Mr. Welch ) 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 2021 . 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. .