US Congress House Bill 4706 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on May 21 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-05-30 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Healthy Kids Outdoors Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to issue one cooperative agreement per state to eligible entities to implement and update a five-year Healthy Kids Outdoors State Strategy for encouraging Americans, especially children, youth, and families, to be physically active outdoors. Requires eligible entities to provide a 25% match of the funding that they receive under this Act through in-kind contributions or cash. Directs the President to issue a national strategy for encouraging Americans to be physically active outdoors. Directs the Secretary and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to carry out a study of national significance on the health impacts of the strategies under this Act. Requires the Secretary to provide technical assistance to grantees and to disseminate best practices that emerge from the state strategies funded by this Act.

Healthy Kids Outdoors Act of 2014

Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]
Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-05-30	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
2014-05-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2014-05-21	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2014-05-21	House	Referred to House Natural Resources
2014-05-21	House	Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

SB2367 (Related) 2014-05-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4706/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4706/BILLS-113hr4706ih.pdf