S. 1236

119 S1236 IS: Freedom in School Cafeterias and Lunches Act
 U.S. Senate
 2025-04-01
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 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 1236  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   April 1 (legislative day, March 31), 2025   Mr. Fetterman  (for himself,  Mr. Kennedy , and  Mr. Booker ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry    A BILL
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require schools to offer a variety of milk to students participating in the school lunch program, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Freedom in School Cafeterias and Lunches Act   or the   FISCAL Act  .
2.
Types of milk offered under the school lunch program
(a)
In general
Section 9(a)(2) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(2) ) is amended—
(1)
in the heading, by striking
Fluid milk   and inserting
Milk  ;
(2)
in subparagraph (A)—
(A)
in clause (i)—
(i)
by striking  fluid milk. Such milk  and inserting  milk, including fluid milk and plant-based milk, which ;
(ii)
by inserting  or, in the case of a plant-based milk not included under those guidelines, consistent with nutritional standards established by the Secretary  after  ( 7 U.S.C. 5341 ) ; and
(iii)
by inserting  and  after the semicolon;
(B)
in clause (ii), by striking  ; and  and inserting a period; and
(C)
by striking clause (iii);
(3)
by striking subparagraph (B);
(4)
by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B); and
(5)
in subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated), in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting  or plant-based milk  after  fluid milk .
(b)
Conforming amendments
(1)
Section 14(f) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1762a(f) ) is amended, in the third sentence, by inserting  or plant-based  before  milk .
(2)
Section 20(c) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1769b(c) ) is amended by striking  fluid .