[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1539 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1539

 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require 
schools to provide fluid milk substitutes upon request of a student or 
    the parent or guardian of such student, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 10, 2023

   Mr. Carter of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require 
schools to provide fluid milk substitutes upon request of a student or 
    the parent or guardian of such student, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. FLUID MILK SUBSTITUTES.

    Section 9(a)(2)(B) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(2)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i)--
                    (A) by striking ``may'' and inserting ``shall'';
                    (B) by striking ``and meets'' and inserting ``as 
                determined by 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) or that meets''; and
                    (C) by striking ``for students who cannot consume 
                fluid milk because of a medical or other special 
                dietary need other than a disability described in 
                subparagraph (A)(iii)'';
            (2) in clause (ii)--
                    (A) by striking ``may'' and inserting ``shall'';
                    (B) by striking ``the school notifies the State 
                agency'' and all that follows through ``if the 
                substitution is'';
                    (C) by striking ``by written statement of a medical 
                authority or'';
                    (D) by inserting ``student or a'' after ``by a''; 
                and
                    (E) by striking ``that identifies the medical or 
                other special dietary need that restricts the student's 
                diet''; and
            (3) by striking clause (iii).
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