Healthy People, Healthy Choices Act of 2005
Latest action · Feb 4, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- IntroducedJan 4, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Healthy People, Healthy Choices Act of 2005 - Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to conduct public outreach campaigns to increase the awareness of African Americans and other minority populations about: (1) nutrition and fitness; (2) access to, and the affordability of, healthy foods and dietary supplements; (3) the need for health promotion; (4) how to prepare inexpensive, healthy meals; and (5) how to incorporate dietary supplements and physical activity into daily life.
Allows the Director to make grants to: (1) not-for-profit organizations servicing medically underserved populations to promote healthy eating and regular exercise habits among minority communities; (2) State and local educational agencies and community organizations to conduct training events and demonstration projects for children and their parents in communities with significant minority populations; and (3) community organizations to encourage manufacturers to make their healthy food products available at a discount in communities with significant minority populations.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 14, 2005 to Apr 27, 2006.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Apr 14, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Apr 14, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Jun 8, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Jun 8, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Jun 8, 2005 | |
| R-NH | Jeb Bradley | Jun 8, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Jun 8, 2005 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Mar 9, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Apr 27, 2006 | |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Apr 27, 2006 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 4, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 4, 2005Introduced in House
- Jan 4, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Agriculture and Food
- Blacks
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Child health
- Commemorations
- Commerce
- Community health services
- Congress
- Congressional tributes
- Consumer discounts
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Diet
- Dietary supplements
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Exercise
- Families
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Food industry
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Grants-in-aid
- Health
- Health education
- Latin Americans
- Minorities
- Minority health
- Nonprofit organizations
- Nutrition
- Obesity
- Pacific Islanders
- Parents
- Physical fitness
- Public service advertising
- School health programs
- Social Welfare
- Sports and Recreation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 4, 2005Introduced in House
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