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S. 5640 118th Congress Senate

Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act

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: December 20, 2024 Introduced by: Richard Blumenthal Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 118th Congress ended
It never became law before the 118th Congress (2023–2024) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Dec 20, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Dec 20, 2024
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action December 20, 2024

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Dec 20, 2024
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5640: Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-5640/
MLA
"S. 5640: Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-5640/.
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S. 5640, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-5640/.
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[S. 5640: Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-5640/)
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