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S. 5086 117th Congress Senate

Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act of 2022

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect children's health by denying any deduction for advertising and marketing directed at children to p… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect children's health by denying any deduction for advertising and marketing directed at children to promote the consumption of food of poor nutritional quality.

Introduced: November 15, 2022 Introduced by: Richard Blumenthal Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Nov 15, 2022
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act of 2022

This bill denies a tax deduction for advertising or marketing directed at children (age 14 or under) for food of poor nutritional quality or a brand primarily associated with food of poor nutritional quality. The bill also denies a deduction for related expenses, including

  • travel;
  • goods or services constituting entertainment, amusement, or recreation;
  • gifts; or
  • other promotion expenses.

The Department of the Treasury must enter into a contract with the National Academy of Medicine to develop procedures to evaluate and identify food of poor nutritional quality and brands that are primarily associated with such food.

The bill authorizes additional funding to carry out the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 9299 Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act
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All 1 Democratic 1
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Nov 15, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5086: Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-5086/
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"S. 5086: Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-5086/.
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S. 5086, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-5086/.
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