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[H.R. 1147 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 103
118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1147

                          [Report No. 118-131]

  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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 21, 2023

 Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania (for himself, Ms. Schrier, Mr. Fulcher, 
   Mr. Balderson, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Trone, Mr. Austin Scott of 
  Georgia, Mr. Meuser, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Smucker, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. 
 Banks, Mr. Baird, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. 
 Perry, Mr. Simpson, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Mann, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Kelly of 
 Mississippi, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
Slotkin, Mr. Steil, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Fitzgerald, 
 Mr. Barr, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Spanberger, Mr. 
      Moore of Alabama, Mr. Gallagher, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. Joyce of 
 Pennsylvania, and Mr. Cline) introduced the following bill; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

                             June 30, 2023

 Additional sponsors: Mr. Jackson of Texas, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Cuellar, 
 Mr. Alford, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Van Orden, Ms. De La Cruz, Mr. Vasquez, 
 Mr. Harder of California, Mr. Molinaro, Mr. Courtney, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. 
  Letlow, Mr. Rose, Mr. Good of Virginia, Mr. Costa, Ms. Hageman, Mr. 
Golden of Maine, Mrs. Lesko, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
 Williams of New York, Mr. Langworthy, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Stauber, Mrs. 
 Hinson, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mr. Comer, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Fitzpatrick, 
   Ms. Pingree, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. 
 Carter of Texas, Mrs. McClain, Ms. Granger, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Cammack, 
 Mr. Estes, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Miller of Ohio, 
Mrs. Chavez-DeRemer, Mr. Bost, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, 
 Mr. Finstad, Mr. Duarte, Mr. Owens, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mrs. 
 Fischbach, Mr. Carl, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. 
Lawler, Mr. Moran, Mr. Steube, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mr. Allen, 
 Mrs. Houchin, Ms. Wild, Mr. C. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Pocan, 
Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Craig, Mr. Armstrong, Ms. 
 Mace, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Self, Mr. Waltz, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, 
Mr. McHenry, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Pence, Mr. Posey, Mr. Ferguson, 
 Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. Dunn of Florida, Mr. Panetta, Ms. DelBene, 
 Mr. Hern, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Bentz, Mr. Lamborn, Ms. Malliotakis, Ms. 
  Kuster, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. Mills, Mr. LaTurner, and Ms. 
                                Caraveo

                             June 30, 2023

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                           February 21, 2023]

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                                 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.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. WHOLE MILK PERMISSIBLE.

    Section 9(a)(2) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
                    ``(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;
                            ``(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.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) Saturated fat.--Milk fat included in any 
                fluid milk provided under subparagraph (A) shall not be 
                considered saturated fat for purposes of measuring 
                compliance with the allowable average saturated fat 
                content of a meal under section 210.10 of title 7, Code 
                of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 103

118th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1147

                          [Report No. 118-131]

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                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             June 30, 2023

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed