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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 1810
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.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JUNE 12, 2019
Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and Mr. JOHNSON) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nu-
trition, and Forestry
A BILL
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Milk in Lunches for
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Kids Act of 2019’’ or the ‘‘MILK Act of 2019’’.
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SEC. 2. WHOLE MILK PERMISSIBLE.
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Section 9(a)(2)(A) of the Richard B. Russell National
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School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(2)(A)) is amend-
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ed—
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(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘milk.’’ and all
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that follows through ‘‘(7 U.S.C. 5341)’’ and insert-
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ing ‘‘milk;’’; and
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(2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘milk’’ the first
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place it appears and inserting ‘‘milk, flavored and
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unflavored whole milk, milk with 2 percent fat,’’.
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SEC. 3. HEALTHY MILK FAT.
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The Secretary of Agriculture shall revise section
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210.10 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or suc-
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cessor regulations), to exclude milk fat from the calcula-
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tion of the average saturated fat content of a meal.
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