House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Strengthening our Servicemembers with Milk Act

H.R. 648Introduced Jan 23, 2025Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Defense to provide fluid or powdered milk to members of the Armed Forces at dining facilities on military installations.

Sponsor: Rep. Derrick Van Orden R-WI

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Where it went

IntroducedJan 23, 2025
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Passed House—
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To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jan 23, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 648.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R.658, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish qualifications for the appointment of a person as a marriage and family therapist, qualified to provide clinical supervision, in the Veterans Health Administration” on May 15, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 6, 2025”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 15, 2025 ↗
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June 7, 2025
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VAN ORDEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 14, January 23, 2025, Page H388):
This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 23, 2025 ↗
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
June 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of June 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

31 cosponsors — 29 Republicans, 2 Democrats

2 of 31 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.

Don Bacon (R-NE), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Troy Downing (R-MT), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Mark Messmer (R-IN), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Carol Miller (R-WV), Mary Miller (R-IL), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Austin Scott (R-GA), Keith Self (R-TX), Bryan Steil (R-WI), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Glenn Thompson (R-PA) and 1 more.

More from the sponsor

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Sponsor’s state and district

Wisconsin in Congress · WI-3 district

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