Obesity Prevention Act
Latest action · Jun 30, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 22, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Obesity Prevention Act - Amends the National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Secretary of Education (ED), to award competitive grants to: (1) up to 20 State educational agencies for model nutrition education and physical fitness programs for elementary and secondary school students; and (2) up to 100 local educational agencies (LEAs), at least one per State, for pilot projects to promote healthy eating habits and increase the physical fitness of such students.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to encourage States to implement plans to carry out activities to assist obese children or children at risk of becoming obese. Requires a State, in order to receive such a grant, to: (1) have a State child health plan which provides satisfactorily for certain activities under the children health insurance program of the Social Security Act; and (2) agree to make available at least 15 percent in non-Federal matching funds.
Establishes a Commission on Obesity Treatment and Prevention to oversee research, policy formation, and other activities of the Federal Government regarding the prevention and treatment of obesity.
Directs the Secretary of HHS, in consultation with the Secretary of ED, to establish programs of: (1) President's Health and Fitness Awards for elementary and secondary schools; and (2) President's Health and Fitness Teacher Achievement Awards for teachers, coaches, or related personnel and the LEAs that employ them..
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include nutrition and health education programs in authorized local activities of 21st century community learning centers' programs before- and after-school and during summer recess.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 4, 2004 to Apr 22, 2004.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Martin Frost | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| R-MI | Vernon J. Ehlers | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Feb 11, 2004 | |
| D-TN | Harold E. Ford Jr. | Feb 25, 2004 | |
| R-TN | Zach Wamp | Feb 25, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Mar 9, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Apr 22, 2004 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred May 22, 2003 |
| Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee | Referred Jun 30, 2003 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 22, 2003 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 11, 2003 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 30, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
- Jun 11, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 23, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1067)
- May 22, 2003Introduced in House
- May 22, 2003Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1067 | Michael N. Castle R-DE | May 23, 2003 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 108-43 | ENCOURAGING HEALTHY CHOICES FOR HEALTHY CHILDREN54 pages | Education and Workforce Committee | Feb 12, 2004 |
| Serial No. 108-27 | FOOD FOR THOUGHT: HOW TO IMPROVE CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS92 pages | Education and Workforce Committee | Jul 16, 2003 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To encourage innovative school-based activities to help reduce and prevent obesity among children, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Obesity Prevention Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Agriculture and Food
- Awards, medals, prizes
- Beverages
- Child nutrition
- Commemorations
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Curricula
- Dairy products
- Diet
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Educational accountability
- Electronic government information
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Evaluation research (Social action programs)
- Families
- Farm produce
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to child health services
- Federal aid to education
- Food consumption
- Food service
- Fruit
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Grain
- Health
- Health counseling
- Health education
- Health insurance
- Intergovernmental fiscal relations
- Internet
- Labeling
- Lifestyle
- Medical research
- Medically uninsured
- Minorities
- Minority children
- Nutrition
- Obesity
- Oils and fats
- Parent-school relationships
- Physical education and training
- Physical fitness
- Poor children
- Presidential commissions
- Preventive medicine
- School districts
- School health programs
- School lunch program
- School-age child care
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Secondary education
- Social Welfare
- Students
- Teachers
- Vegetables
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 22, 2003Introduced in House
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