House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow schools that participate in the school lunch program under such Act to serve whole milk.
Sponsor: Rep. Glenn Thompson R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 23, 2025
- Committee actionFeb 12, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 5, 2025 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 111.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 649.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 649, Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025” on February 28, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on February 12, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 28, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61232
- CBO publication date
- February 28, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 649, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/649
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 9, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-142 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on June 5, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/142
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 649, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/649
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 9, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 14, January 23, 2025, Page H388):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution in that the legislation exercises legislative powers granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States or any Department or Office thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 23, 2025 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 374 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 649, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/649
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 9, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
118 cosponsors — 80 Republicans, 38 Democrats
38 of 118 cosponsors (32%) are from the other party.
Mark Alford (R-MO), Rick Allen (R-GA), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Becca Balint (D-VT), Andy Barr (R-KY), Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Mike Bost (R-IL), Robert Bresnahan (R-PA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Earl Carter (R-GA), John Carter (R-TX), Mike Collins (R-GA), James Comer (R-KY), Jim Costa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Angie Craig (D-MN), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Donald Davis (D-NC), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Troy Downing (R-MT) and 88 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Glenn Thompson.
- H.R. 4550 (119th) United States Grain Standards Reauthorization Act of 2025
- H.R. 7567 (119th) Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026
- H.Res. 974 (119th) Providing for a committee to notify the President of the assembly of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 975 (119th) To inform the Senate that a quorum of the House has assembled.
- H.Res. 976 (119th) Providing for the hour of meeting of the House.
- H.R. 7891 (119th) Student Aid Fraud Oversight and Accountability Act of 2026
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.