119:s:222 — Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025

Sponsor

Introduced by

Roger Marshall

R Republican · Senate · KS R+8

Chairman · Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology (sub)

Latest action

Became Public Law No: 119-69.

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Jan 14, 2026

signed Signed by President.

Jan 14, 2026

signed Became Public Law No: 119-69.

Jan 06, 2026

sent Presented to President.

Dec 15, 2025

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

Dec 15, 2025

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

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Jan 23, 2025 Introduced in Senate

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00 Introduced in Senate Jan 23, 2025

Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025 This 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.

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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

-[S. 222 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

+[S. 222 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

-<DOC>

+S.222

-119th CONGRESS

-1st Session

-S. 222

+One Hundred Nineteenth Congress

-_______________________________________________________________________

+of the

-AN ACT

+United States of America

+

+AT THE FIRST SESSION

+

+Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,

+the third day of January, two thousand and twenty five

+

+An Act

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow

schools that participate in the school lunch program to serve whole

@@ -17,93 +22,67 @@

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

2025''.

-

SEC. 2. ORGANIC OR NON-ORGANIC WHOLE MILK PERMISSIBLE.

-

(a) In General.--Section 9(a)(2) of the Richard B. Russell National

School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(2)) is amended--

(1) in subparagraph (A)--

-(A) by striking clauses (i) and (ii) and inserting

-the following:

-``(i) shall offer students a variety of

-fluid milk;

-``(ii) may offer students options which may

-include flavored and unflavored organic or

-nonorganic whole, reduced-fat, low-fat, and

-fat-free fluid milk and lactose-free fluid

-milk, and nondairy beverages that are

-nutritionally equivalent to fluid milk and meet

-the nutritional standards established by the

-Secretary (which shall, among other

-requirements to be determined by the Secretary,

-include fortification of calcium, protein,

-vitamin A, and vitamin D to levels found in

-cow's milk); and''; and

+(A) by striking clauses (i) and (ii) and inserting the

+following:

+``(i) shall offer students a variety of fluid milk;

+``(ii) may offer students options which may include

+flavored and unflavored organic or nonorganic whole,

+reduced-fat, low-fat, and fat-free fluid milk and lactose-

+free fluid milk, and nondairy beverages that are

+nutritionally equivalent to fluid milk and meet the

+nutritional standards established by the Secretary (which

+shall, among other requirements to be determined by the

+Secretary, include fortification of calcium, protein,

+vitamin A, and vitamin D to levels found in cow's milk);

+and''; and

(B) in clause (iii), by striking ``physician'' and

inserting ``physician, parent, or legal guardian'';

-(2) in subparagraph (C), in the matter preceding clause

-(i), by striking ``fluid milk products'' and inserting

-``products described in subparagraph (A)(ii)''; and

+(2) in subparagraph (C), in the matter preceding clause (i), by

+striking ``fluid milk products'' and inserting ``products described

+in subparagraph (A)(ii)''; and

(3) 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).

-``(E) Application.--Subparagraph (B)(ii) is not

-applicable to a school that offers nondairy beverages

-under subparagraph (A)(ii).''.

+``(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).

+``(E) Application.--Subparagraph (B)(ii) is not applicable

+to a school that offers nondairy beverages under subparagraph

+(A)(ii).''.

(b) Conforming Amendments.--

(1) Section 14(f) of the Richard B. Russell National School

-Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1762a(f)) is amended in the third sentence

-by inserting ``or a nondairy beverage that meets the

-nutritional standards described in section 9(a)(2)(B)'' after

-``milk''.

+Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1762a(f)) is amended in the third sentence by

+inserting ``or a nondairy beverage that meets the nutritional

+standards described in section 9(a)(2)(B)'' after ``milk''.

(2) Section 20(c) of the Richard B. Russell National School

-Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b(c)) is amended by striking

-``patterns and fluid milk requirements'' and inserting

-``patterns, fluid milk requirements, and nutritional standards

-for nondairy beverages''.

-

+Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b(c)) is amended by striking ``patterns

+and fluid milk requirements'' and inserting ``patterns, fluid milk

+requirements, and nutritional standards for nondairy beverages''.

SEC. 3. INCLUDING FOOD ALLERGY INFORMATION IN EXISTING TRAINING MODULES

FOR LOCAL FOOD SERVICE PERSONNEL.

-

(a) Food Allergy Training Module.--Section 7(g)(2)(B)(iii) of the

Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1776(g)(2)(B)(iii)) is amended--

-(1) by redesignating subclauses (II) and (III) as

-subclauses (III) and (IV), respectively; and

+(1) by redesignating subclauses (II) and (III) as subclauses

+(III) and (IV), respectively; and

(2) by inserting after subclause (I) the following:

-``(II) food allergies, including

-information on the best practices to

-prevent, recognize, and respond to

+

+``(II) food allergies, including information on the

+best practices to prevent, recognize, and respond to

food-related allergic reactions;''.

-(b) Certification.--Section 7(g)(2)(B)(ii)(II) of

-the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1776(g)(2)(B)(ii)(II)) is

-amended by striking ``clause (i)'' and inserting ``clauses (i) and

-(iii)''.

+(b) Certification.--Section 7(g)(2)(B)(ii)(II) of the Child

+Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1776(g)(2)(B)(ii)(II)) is amended by

+striking ``clause (i)'' and inserting ``clauses (i) and (iii)''.

-Passed the Senate November 20, 2025.

+Speaker of the House of Representatives.

-Attest:

-

-Secretary.

-119th CONGRESS

-

-1st Session

-

-S. 222

-

-_______________________________________________________________________

-

-AN ACT

-

-To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow

-schools that participate in the school lunch program to serve whole

-milk, and for other purposes.

+Vice President of the United States and

+President of the Senate.

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PENNSYLVANIA FARM BUREAU

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EDGE DAIRY FARMER COOPERATIVE (FORMERLY EDGE)

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INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION

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AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION

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NATIONAL MILK PRODUCERS FEDERATION

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EDGE DAIRY FARMER COOPERATIVE

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FARMERS EDUCATIONAL COOPERATIVE UNION OF AMERICA

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INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION

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MIDWEST DAIRY COALITION

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5

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SOUTH EAST DAIRY FARMERS ASSOCIATION

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5

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