US Congress House Bill 2407 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 16-5)
Status: Introduced on May 19 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-11-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

School Milk Nutrition Act of 2015 This bill revises the requirements for milk provided by the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and other Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs. The bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the milk offered to students participating in the NSLP to include low-fat flavored milk containing no more than 150 calories per 8-ounce serving. For students who cannot consume fluid milk because of a medical or other dietary need, schools may offer a nondairy beverage that is nutritionally equivalent to low-fat milk and meets USDA nutritional standards, including fortification of calcium, protein, vitamin A, vitamin D, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, riboflavin, and vitamin B-12. (Under current law, the substitute is only required to include fortification of calcium, protein, vitamin A, and vitamin D to levels found in cow's milk.) In establishing national school nutritional standards, USDA must provide that containers of all beverages sold in schools have the same maximum volume. USDA must also: (1) study and report to Congress on recent trends in fluid milk consumption in schools; (2) carry out a pilot program to test and demonstrate strategies by which schools can increase the consumption of fluid milk; (3) make lactose-free milk with an extended shelf life available to schools; and (4) allow women participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to receive reduced fat milk for themselves and their children upon request.

School Milk Nutrition Act of 2015

Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]
Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]
Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]
Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]	Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]
Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]	Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]	Rep. John Moolenaar [R-MI]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]
Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-11-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2015-06-02	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3648)
2015-05-19	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
2015-05-19	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2407/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2407/BILLS-114hr2407ih.pdf