118th Congress (2023–2025) · House bill · Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15]
This page covers HR1147 in the 118th Congress. Bill numbers start over every Congress, so HR1147 in another Congress is a different bill.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Roll-call votes | 1 |
| Chamber | House |
| Latest vote | 2023-12-13: Passed |
| Latest action | 2023-12-18: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 293. |
| Policy area | Agriculture and Food |
| Official record | Congress.gov |
Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2023 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, USDA may not prohibit a school participating in the program from offering students any of these milk choices. 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. Finally, the bill prohibits schools participating in the program from purchasing or offering milk produced by Chinese state-owned enterprises.
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures, Asia, Child health, China, Department of Agriculture, Elementary and secondary education, Food assistance and relief, Nutrition and diet
Every recorded vote on this bill, newest first, with a link to the official tally. Member-by-member positions are on each member’s profile.
| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay | Not voting | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-13 | House | Yea-and-Nay | Passed | 276 | 84 | 4 | Official tally |
HR1147 (Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2023) was introduced in the 118th Congress (2023–2025) by Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15].
On 2023-12-18: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 293.
1 recorded vote in the 118th Congress. The most recent, on 2023-12-13, was "Yea-and-Nay": Passed.