3.0.0 1236 2026-02-25T16:57:01Z 2026-02-25T16:57:01Z Senate S S 2025-04-01 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1236 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-04-01T20:18:08Z FISCAL Act 119 2539 HR 2025-04-01 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. Identical bill CRS 2025-04-01 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2025-04-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000479 Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] John Fetterman D PA K. N K000393 Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] John Kennedy R LA 2025-04-01 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2025-04-01 True Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food 2025-05-06T17:41:23Z 00 2025-04-01 Introduced in Senate 2026-02-25T16:56:41Z Freedom in School Cafeterias and Lunches Act or the FISCAL Act

This bill revises requirements for milk provided by the National School Lunch Program of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to require that schools offer plant-based milk.

Under current law, schools must provide a substitute for fluid milk for students whose disability restricts their diet (on receipt of a written statement from a licensed physician). Schools may also substitute a nondairy beverage for fluid milk for students who have an identified medical or other special dietary need (on receipt of a written statement from a medical authority or a student's parent or legal guardian).

The bill eliminates the exceptions and documentation requirements. Instead, schools participating in the school lunch program must offer all students a plant-based milk option that is consistent with (1) the most recent U.S. Dietary Guidelines, or (2) USDA-established nutritional standards if the milk is not included under those guidelines.

]]> FISCAL Act Display Title 45 FISCAL Act 2025-04-15T04:23:17Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 FISCAL Act 2025-04-15T04:23:15Z Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Freedom in School Cafeterias and Lunches Act 2025-04-15T04:23:15Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require schools to offer a variety of milk to students participating in the school lunch program, and for other purposes. 2025-04-15T04:18:29Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2025-04-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s1236is/xml/BILLS-119s1236is.xml 2025-04-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.