{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-1147","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 1147","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2023","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"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.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"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."},{"type":"Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text","title":"Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2023"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2023"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-02-21","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2023-12-13","vote":{"id":"118-2023-h718","question":"On Passage","title":"Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act","result":"Passed","yea":330,"nay":99,"present":0,"not_voting":4,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll718.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 293.","date":"2023-12-18"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2023-12-13","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2023"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill revises requirements for milk provided by the National School Lunch Program of the Department of Agriculture (USDA)."},{"k":"p","t":"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, USDA may not prohibit a school participating in the program from offering students any of these milk choices."},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"Finally, the bill prohibits schools participating in the program from purchasing or offering milk produced by Chinese state-owned enterprises."}],"words":210},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends section 9(a)(2) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to change which types of fluid milk schools in the school lunch program may offer, including whole milk.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1147/text/eh#HF4EEA99BE60E43A38FD61A9E8F480EEF"}]},"core_areas":["Types of fluid milk offered in the school lunch program","Treatment of milk fat in saturated fat compliance measurement","Prohibition on purchasing milk from China state-owned enterprises"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Provides that school lunches shall offer students a variety of fluid milk and may offer flavored and unflavored organic or non-organic whole, reduced-fat, low-fat and fat-free fluid milk and lactose-free fluid milk.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1147/text/eh#HF4EEA99BE60E43A38FD61A9E8F480EEF"}},{"text":"Requires schools to provide a substitute for fluid milk for students whose disability restricts their diet, on receipt of a written statement from a licensed physician identifying the disability and specifying the substitute.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1147/text/eh#HF4EEA99BE60E43A38FD61A9E8F480EEF"}},{"text":"Provides that milk fat in fluid milk provided under the school lunch program is not considered saturated fat when measuring compliance with the allowable average saturated fat content of a meal under section 210.10 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1147/text/eh#HF4EEA99BE60E43A38FD61A9E8F480EEF"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to prohibit schools in the school lunch program from purchasing or offering milk produced by China state-owned enterprises.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1147/text/eh#HF4EEA99BE60E43A38FD61A9E8F480EEF"}},{"text":"Bars the Secretary from prohibiting a participating school from offering students the flavored and unflavored whole, reduced-fat, low-fat, fat-free and lactose-free milk the text describes.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1147/text/eh#HF4EEA99BE60E43A38FD61A9E8F480EEF"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2023-12-13","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1147/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1147","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1147/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-1147.png","v":"84e3b2608a72","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 1147, 118th Congress: Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2023. House: 330 Yea, 99 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 13 Dec 2023."}}