US Congress House Bill 3772 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: Introduced on October 20 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Stop Obesity in Schools Act of 2015 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a national strategy to reduce childhood obesity that: (1) provides for the reduction of childhood obesity rates by 10% by the year 2020; (2) addresses short-term and long-term solutions; (3) identifies how the federal government can work effectively with entities to implement the strategy; and (4) includes measures to identify and overcome obstacles. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must: (1) make matching grants to local educational agencies and tribal governments to reduce childhood obesity by adopting wellness policies and anti-obesity initiatives; (2) arrange for the evaluation of a wide variety of existing programs designed to prevent obesity in children and adolescents to determine their effectiveness, factors contributing to their effectiveness, and the feasibility of replicating the programs in other locations; and (3) make matching grants to state, local, or tribal governments, and consortia of such governments to reduce childhood obesity through establishing or expanding healthy living and wellness coordinating councils (that are charged to increase healthy living and reduce obesity in elementary and secondary schools) and supporting regional workshops.

Stop Obesity in Schools Act of 2015

Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2015-10-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-10-20	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2015-10-20	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-10-20	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
2015-10-20	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3772/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3772/BILLS-114hr3772ih.pdf