Plant-Powered School Meals Pilot Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3669 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3669 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish a pilot program to award grants to school food authorities to provide 100 percent plant-based food and milk options, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 15, 2026 Mr. Schiff (for himself, Ms. Alsobrooks, Mr. Booker, and Mr. Padilla) 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 establish a pilot program to award grants to school food authorities to provide 100 percent plant-based food and milk options, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Plant-Powered School Meals Pilot Act''. SEC. 2. PLANT-BASED FOODS IN SCHOOLS. Section 18 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769) is amended by inserting after subsection (c) the following: ``(d) Pilot Program for 100 Percent Plant-Based Food Options.-- ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection: ``(A) 100 percent plant-based food option.--The term `100 percent plant-based food option' means a breakfast or lunch meal option or component that-- ``(i) includes a meat alternate as described in-- ``(I) section 210.10 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations); or ``(II) appendix A to part 210 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations); and ``(ii) does not contain any animal product or byproduct, such as meat, poultry, honey, fish, dairy, or eggs. ``(B) Beginning farmer or ranch