DONOR Milk Act
Sponsored By: Representative DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced
Summary
This bill would create federal oversight for pasteurized donor human milk, adding a clear legal definition and new safety rules plus a grant program to help milk banks meet those rules.
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- Nonprofit milk banks and other facilities that collect, pasteurize, or dispense donor milk would face annual inspections, including unannounced visits, and must meet FDA food safety and labeling requirements. These facilities could get help to upgrade equipment and obtain safety certifications.
- Families and infants receiving donor milk would get clearer labeling and a defined safety standard for milk that is collected, pasteurized, and dispensed without additives. This aims to raise quality and consistency.
- The Food and Drug Administration would treat facilities that manufacture or hold pasteurized donor human milk as regulated food manufacturers rather than as nonprofit food service sites when preparing critical foods. This changes how those sites are classified for enforcement.
*Would authorize $8.0 million in appropriations, to remain available until expended, to fund grants helping eligible nonprofits comply with the law.*
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Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Grants to help nonprofit milk banks
If enacted, the bill would let the Secretary make grants to nonprofit entities that handle pasteurized donor human milk and are registered under section 415(c). Grants could pay for equipment upgrades, required certifications, and third-party food safety or quality consultants. The bill would authorize $8,000,000 for the grant program, and that money would remain available until expended.
New rules and inspections for donor milk
This bill would add a clear definition of "pasteurized donor human milk." It would mean milk a mother donates for another baby that was collected, pasteurized, and dispensed with no additives. Starting on the law's enactment date, facilities that make, process, pack, or hold such milk would no longer qualify for the nonprofit food-establishment exception. The Secretary would have to inspect those facilities at least once a year, starting within one year of enactment, and inspections could be unannounced.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
CT • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3]
MA • D
Sponsored 5/21/2026
Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2]
NJ • R
Sponsored 5/21/2026
Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]
NH • D
Sponsored 5/21/2026
Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]
PA • D
Sponsored 5/21/2026
Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3]
KY • D
Sponsored 5/21/2026
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 6/9/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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