What This Bill Does · Plain English
Summary · Congress.gov
Protecting School Milk Choices Act of 2025 This bill revises requirements for milk provided by the National School Lunch Program of the Department of Agriculture. Currently, schools participating in the program may provide flavored and unflavored fluid milk and lactose-free fluid milk. Under the bill, these schools must provide students flavored and unflavored fluid milk. These schools maintain the discretion to offer lactose-free fluid milk.
Action Timeline
2025-01-21
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
2025-01-21
Introduced in House
2025-01-21
Introduced in House
Frequently Asked Questions
Did HR.592 pass?
HR.592 is still alive. Current stage: COMMITTEE. Pass likelihood: 41%.
What does HR.592 do?
Protecting School Milk Choices Act of 2025 This bill revises requirements for milk provided by the National School Lunch Program of the Department of Agriculture. Currently, schools participating in the program may provide flavored and unflavored fluid milk and lactose-free fluid milk. Under the bill, these schools must provide students flavored and unflavored fluid milk. These schools maintain the discretion to offer lactose-free fluid milk.
Who sponsored HR.592?
HR.592 was sponsored by Claudia Tenney (R-New York).
Full Bill Text
119 HR 592 IH: Protecting School Milk Choices Act of 2025 U.S. House of Representatives 2025-01-21 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 592 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 21, 2025 Ms. Tenney (for herself, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania , Mr. Fitzgerald , Mr. Lawler , and Mr. Van Orden ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce A BILL To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act with respect to the types of milk offered under the school lunch program, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting School Milk Choices Act of 2025 . 2. Types of milk offered under the school lunch program Section 9(a)(2)(A) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(2)(A) ) is amended— (1) by striking clause (ii); (2) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); and (3) by inserting after clause (i) the following: (ii) shall offer students flavored and unflavored fluid milk; and (iii) may offer students lactose-free fluid milk; and .
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