CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Glenn Thompson (R-PA)

Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025

H.R. 649 · House bill Agriculture and Food

A Republican bill with 38 Democratic cosponsors · See all 118 cosponsors

Last activity — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 111.

Cleared committee, waiting for its first floor vote

A committee approved it and it is on the calendar of the chamber it started in.

This is further than most bills get, and still no promise of a vote: the calendar is a queue, and the majority leadership decides what is called. A bill can sit here until the Congress ends.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. On Calendar

What this bill would do

This bill, known as the "Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025," proposes amendments to the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act. The primary purpose is to allow schools participating in the school lunch program to serve whole milk to students. It specifies that schools may offer flavored and unflavored organic or non-organic whole, reduced-fat, low-fat, and fat-free, or lactose-free fluid milk. Additionally, the bill addresses how milk fat is accounted for regarding saturated fat compliance. It also includes a prohibition on purchasing milk from certain entities.

Yes· 3 of 5

  • Scored +5

    Would children be better off under this?

    The bill provides more nutritional variety and options for students in school lunch programs.

  • Scored +5

    Would students be better off under this?

    Students benefit from increased variety and availability of milk options in school meals.

  • Scored +3

    Would households on low incomes be better off under this?

    Increased milk variety in school lunch programs benefits low-income students relying on these meals.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.