Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1861
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15]
Introduced: 2021-03-11
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Child health

Department of Agriculture

Elementary and secondary education

Food assistance and relief

Nutrition and diet
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1589)

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2021</strong></p> <p>This bill revises requirements for milk provided by the National School Lunch Program of the Department of Agriculture (USDA).</p> <p>Currently, schools participating in the program must provide milk that is consistent with the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans; USDA regulations require milk to be fat-free or low-fat and allow only fat-free milk to be flavored. The bill removes these restrictions and instead permits schools to offer students whole, reduced-fat, low-fat, and fat-free flavored and unflavored milk.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1861 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 11, 2021 Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. Delgado ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2021 . 2. Whole milk permissible Section 9(a)(2)(A) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(2)(A) ) is amended to read as follows: (A) In general Lunches served by schools participating in the school lunch program under this chapter— (i) shall offer students a variety of fluid milk; (ii) may offer students flavored and unflavored 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 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. .