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Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025

Introduced January 23, 2025

Summary

Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025This bill revises requirements for milk provided by the National School Lunch Program of the Department of Agriculture (USDA).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 milk to be flavored or unflavored. The bill modifies these restrictions and instead permits schools to offer students whole, reduced-fat, low-fat, and fat-free flavored and unflavored milk. The milk that is offered may be organic or nonorganic.Further, schools currently must provide a substitute for fluid milk, on receipt of a written statement from a licensed physician, for students whose disability restricts their diet. Under the bill, a parent or legal guardian may also provide the written statement.In addition, schools currently participating in the program must provide meals that meet certain nutrition requirements; USDA regulations require that the average saturated fat content of the meals offered must be less than 10% of the total calories. Under the bill, fluid milk is excluded from the saturated fat content calculation; milk fat included in any fluid milk provided by the program must not be considered saturated fat for the purposes of measuring compliance with USDA regulations.

Timeline

  1. Became Public Law No: 119-69.

  2. Became Public Law No: 119-69.

  3. Signed by President.

  4. Signed by President.

  5. Presented to President.

  6. Presented to President.

  7. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  8. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.

  9. Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.

  10. DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 222.

  11. Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5857-5861)

  12. Mr. Thompson (PA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

  13. Held at the desk.

  14. Received in the House.

  15. Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  16. Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8259-8261; text: CR S8261)

  17. Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

  18. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 111.

  19. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Boozman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

  20. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Boozman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

  21. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

  22. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-55.

  23. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

  24. Introduced in Senate

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