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Plant-Powered School Meals Pilot Act
Legislative Progress
Introduced
October 28, 2025
Latest Action
October 28, 2025
Primary Sponsor
Nydia M. VelázquezDemocratic(NY)
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Plant-Powered School Meals Pilot Act This bill establishes pilot programs for providing 100% plant-based food and milk options in school meals and expands access to nondairy beverages in school meals. Specifically, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) must carry out a pilot program to award grants for purposes such as training food service personnel on serving 100% plant-based food options and covering additional costs of buying plant-based foods. USDA must give priority in awarding pilot program grants to school food authorities that will use the funds to serve a high proportion of children who are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The bill also requires a school participating in the school lunch program to substitute a nondairy beverage that is nutritionally equivalent to fluid milk, and meets USDA-established standards, if the student's parent or legal guardian submits a written request for such substitution. Further, a school has the option to offer each student a nondairy beverage as a substitute for fluid milk if it meets these same standards. USDA must also establish a pilot program to reimburse eligible schools for the cost of providing a nondairy beverage as a substitute for fluid milk. Eligible schools are those where at least 50% of the students served are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
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Filing registrants (3)
2026 · third_quarter · Health Issues
H.R.2326 / S.1129 - Dietary Guidelines Reform Act of 2025 (Oppose) H.R 3295 - Federal Animal Research Accountability Act (Support) H.R.5867/ S. 3669 - Plant-Powered School Meals Pilot Act (Support) House / Senate Agriculture-FDA Appropriations House / Senate Labor-HHS Appropriations House / Senate Interior Appropriations Improvements to Animal Welfare Act TSCA reauthorization H.R.1085 / S. 1802 - CARGO Act of 2025 (support) PRIMATE Act H.R. 8471 Humane Cosmetics Act H.R. 1657. H.R.10522 - Companion Animal Protection Against Cruel Testing (COMPACT) Act - Support
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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Client expense: $33,123 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2026 · second_quarter · Agriculture
S.3820 - Soil CARE Act of 2026 H.R. 7567 - Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026 Small Farms Establishment Act - (no bill number yet) H.R. 7567 - Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026 H.R. 1346 - Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025 S. 1326 - Food Security and Farm Protection Act H.R.5867 - Plant Powered School Meals Pilot Act
Client expense: $188,300 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2026 · second_quarter · Education
Plant Powered School Meals Pilot Act: support for entire bill (H.R.5867, S.3669)
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2026 · second_quarter · Agriculture
S.3820 - Soil CARE Act of 2026 H.R. 7567 - Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026 Small Farms Establishment Act - (no bill number yet) H.R. 7567 - Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026 H.R. 1346 - Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025 S. 1326 - Food Security and Farm Protection Act H.R.5867 - Plant Powered School Meals Pilot Act
Client expense: $188,300 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2026 · second_quarter · Health Issues
H.R.2326 / S.1129 - Dietary Guidelines Reform Act of 2025 (Oppose) H.R 3295 - Federal Animal Research Accountability Act (Support) H.R.5867/ S. 3669 - Plant-Powered School Meals Pilot Act (Support) House / Senate Agriculture-FDA Appropriations House / Senate Labor-HHS Appropriations House / Senate Interior Appropriations Improvements to Animal Welfare Act TSCA reauthorization H.R.1085 / S. 1802 - CARGO Act of 2025 (support) PRIMATE Act H.R. 8471 Humane Cosmetics Act H.R. 1657.
Client expense: $42,169 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2026 · first_quarter · Education
H.R.5867/S.3669 Plant Powered School Meals Pilot Act: support for entire bill
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2026 · first_quarter · Health Issues
H.R.2326 / S.1129 - Dietary Guidelines Reform Act of 2025 (Oppose) H.R 3295 - Federal Animal Research Accountability Act (Support) H.R.5867/ S. 3669 - Plant-Powered School Meals Pilot Act (Support) House / Senate Agriculture-FDA Appropriations House / Senate Labor-HHS Appropriations House / Senate Interior Appropriations Improvements to Animal Welfare Act TSCA reauthorization H.R.1085 / S. 1802 - CARGO Act of 2025 (support)
Client expense: $39,753 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2025 · fourth_quarter · Education
H.R.5867/S.3669 Plant Powered School Meals Pilot Act: support for entire bill H.R.649/S.222 Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act: opposition to parts of the bill, support for parts of the bill Ultraprocessed foods generally and in schools (not yet introduced): opposed
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2025 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R.649 / S. 222 - Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025 (Oppose) H.R.2326 / S.1129 - Dietary Guidelines Reform Act of 2025 (Oppose) Federal Animal Research Accountability Act (Support) H.R.5867 - Plant-Powered School Meals Pilot Act (Support) House / Senate Agriculture-FDA Appropriations House / Senate Labor-HHS Appropriations House / Senate Interior Appropriations H.R. 3686 / S. 2491 - SAFE Sunscreen Standards Act (Support) Improvements to Animal Welfare Act TSCA reauthorization H.R.1085 / S. 1802 - CARGO Act of 2025 (support)
Client expense: $72,387 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
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