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HR 3625 111th Congress House Education Child health Elementary and secondary education Food industry and services Government studies and investigations Marketing and advertising Nutrition and diet

Food Marketing in Schools Assessment Act

Introduced: September 22, 2009 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 16, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
Sep 22, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Sep 22, 2009
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Food Marketing in Schools Assessment Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to study and report to the Congress on the marketing of food and beverages in elementary and secondary schools.

Requires such study to assess the nutritional quality of such foods, the media through which they are marketed to children in such schools, and mechanisms that regulate such marketing.

Directs the Secretary to collaborate in the conduct of such study with the Division of Adolescent and School Health of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

What's happening now November 16, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2