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HR 4053 111th Congress House

Healthy Kids Act

Official title: To establish the Office of Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention and Treatment within the Office of Public Health and Science of the Department of Health… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To establish the Office of Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention and Treatment within the Office of Public Health and Science of the Department of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 6, 2009 See on congress.gov
Health Administrative law and regulatory proceduresChild healthDepartment of Health and Human ServicesElementary and secondary education
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Executive agency funding and structureFederal Trade Commission (FTC)Government information and archivesHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth information and medical recordsHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careMarketing and advertisingMedical researchMedical tests and diagnostic methodsNutrition and dietPhysical fitness and lifestyleTeaching, teachers, curriculaTelevision and film
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 4, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
Nov 7, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 6, 2009
Referred to House Education and Labor
Nov 6, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
Nov 6, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Nov 6, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2748-2749)
Nov 6, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 4, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Healthy Kids Act - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate rules that define advertising, promoting, and marketing directed at children and that specify categories of foods and beverages for which advertising, promotion, or marketing directed at children shall be an abusive, unfair, or deceptive act or practice in or affecting commerce. Repeals the restriction on FTC rulemaking authority relating to children's advertising.

Amends the Children's Television Act of 1990 to direct the FTC to revise its regulations with respect to children's television programming to limit the amount of time devoted to advertising foods and beverages of low nutritional value.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) establish within the Office of Public Health and Science of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the Office of Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention and Treatment (Office); and (2) direct the Secretary to establish and carry out a matching grant program to assist the Office in gathering data on childhood obesity and to carry out demonstration programs to reduce the incidence of childhood obesity.

Amends the Childhood Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 to include the Office in providing technical assistance to schools and educational agencies for developing and implementing local wellness policy.

Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require the Secretary to prescribe regulations for identifying healthy and unhealthy foods and beverages for children in schools and service institutions.

Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP, formerly known as SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to include in early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services obesity prevention, nutritional counseling, and other services for obesity.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4053: Healthy Kids Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4053/
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