Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 832 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. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 29, 2019 Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. SMUCKER, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, Mr. CONAWAY, and Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Whole Milk for 4 Healthy Kids Act of 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:18 Feb 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H832.IH H832 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 832 IH SEC. 2. WHOLE MILK PERMISSIBLE. 1 Section 9(a)(2)(A) of the Richard B. Russell National 2 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(2)(A)) is amend- 3 ed— 4 (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘. Such milk shall 5 be consistent with the most recent Dietary Guide- 6 lines for Americans published under section 301 of 7 the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Re- 8 search Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5341)’’; and 9 (2) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘, flavored and 10 unflavored whole milk,’’ after ‘‘unflavored fluid 11 milk’’. 12 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:18 Feb 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H832.IH H832 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS