US Congress Senate Bill 657 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on March 15 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish a report at least every 10 years that contains physical activity recommendations for the general public based on the most current scientific and medical knowledge, including information for population subgroups, as needed. HHS must publish updated reports that detail evidence-based practices and highlight continuing physical activity issues between the publications of full reports. Updated reports may focus on particular population subgroups or issues relating to physical activity.

Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act

Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]

Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]

Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-15	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB1519 (Related) 2017-03-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/657/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s657/BILLS-115s657is.pdf