United States 119th Congress Status: In Committee 6 R cosponsors

HR 592 — Protecting School Milk Choices Act of 2025

Last action — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced January 21, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the House.

Prognosis

Stalled 26% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

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  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 6 sponsors

    1 primary, 5 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (6 R).

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Summary

Protecting School Milk Choices Act of 2025This 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.

Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill amends existing law to change the types of milk offered under the school lunch program.

  • 42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(2)(A)

    may offer students options which may include flavored and unflavored organic or nonorganic whole, reduced-fat, low-fat, and fat-free fluid milk and lactose-free fluid milk, and nondairy beverages that are nutritionally equivalent to fluid milk and meet the nutritional standards established by the Secretary (which shall, among other requirements to be determined by the Secretary, include fortification of calcium, protein, vitamin A, and vitamin D to levels found in cow’s milk); → shall offer students flavored and unflavored fluid milk; and may offer students lactose-free fluid milk; and

    The bill specifies that schools must offer flavored and unflavored fluid milk, while allowing lactose-free fluid milk as an option.

  • 42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(2)(A)

    In general.—Lunches served by schools participating in the school lunch program under this chapter— → In general.—Lunches served by schools participating in the school lunch program under this chapter shall offer students a variety of fluid milk;

    The legislative change maintains the requirement for schools to offer a variety of fluid milk while specifying the types of milk to be included.

  • 42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(2)(A)

    (iii) → (iv)

    The amendment redesignates the existing clause concerning providing substitutes for fluid milk.

Action History

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 541 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (541)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HR 592 do?
Protecting School Milk Choices Act of 2025This 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 sponsors HR 592?
HR 592 is sponsored by Tenney, Claudia (Republican), Thompson, Glenn (Republican), Fitzgerald, Scott (Republican), Lawler, Michael (Republican), Van Orden, Derrick (Republican), and Stefanik, Elise M. (Republican).
What is the current status of HR 592?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced January 21, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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