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HR 3772 114th Congress House Health Child health Digestive and metabolic diseases Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Nutrition and diet State and local government operations

Stop Obesity in Schools Act of 2015

Introduced: October 20, 2015 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Mar 23, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Oct 23, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 20, 2015
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.
Oct 20, 2015
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now March 23, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4