HOUSERoll Call 718 · Dec 13, 2023, 10:31 PMpassage

On Passage: H R 1147 Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act

H.R. 1147
330YEA99NAY
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H.R. 1147Required: 1/2Source →
CRS SUMMARY PREVIEW

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.

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Democratic53% unity
Yea: 112Nay: 98NV: 3
Republican100% unity
Yea: 218Nay: 1NV: 1
NOTABLE DEFECTIONS
Democratic: 98 voted against party majority

ALL VOTES (433)

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