Healthy Kids Act
Latest action · Jan 4, 2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
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.
- IntroducedNov 6, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Healthy Kids Act - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate rules that define advertising, promoting, and marketing directed at children and that specify categories of foods and beverages for which advertising, promotion, or marketing directed at children shall be an abusive, unfair, or deceptive act or practice in or affecting commerce. Repeals the restriction on FTC rulemaking authority relating to children's advertising.
Amends the Children's Television Act of 1990 to direct the FTC to revise its regulations with respect to children's television programming to limit the amount of time devoted to advertising foods and beverages of low nutritional value.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) establish within the Office of Public Health and Science of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the Office of Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention and Treatment (Office); and (2) direct the Secretary to establish and carry out a matching grant program to assist the Office in gathering data on childhood obesity and to carry out demonstration programs to reduce the incidence of childhood obesity.
Amends the Childhood Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 to include the Office in providing technical assistance to schools and educational agencies for developing and implementing local wellness policy.
Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require the Secretary to prescribe regulations for identifying healthy and unhealthy foods and beverages for children in schools and service institutions.
Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP, formerly known as SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to include in early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services obesity prevention, nutritional counseling, and other services for obesity.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 6, 2009 to Apr 20, 2010; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Nov 6, 2009 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Nov 19, 2009 | |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Dec 2, 2009 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Jan 26, 2010 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Jan 26, 2010 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Feb 23, 2010 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Feb 25, 2010 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Mar 24, 2010 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Apr 20, 2010 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Nov 6, 2009 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Nov 7, 2009 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Nov 6, 2009 |
| Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee | Referred Jan 4, 2010 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 4, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
- Nov 7, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Nov 6, 2009Introduced in House
- Nov 6, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2748-2749)
- Nov 6, 2009Referred to House Energy and Commerce
- Nov 6, 2009Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
- Nov 6, 2009Referred to House Education and Labor
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 E2748 | James P. Moran D-VA | Nov 6, 2009 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish the Office of Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention and Treatment within the Office of Public Health and Science of the Department of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Healthy Kids Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Child health
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Elementary and secondary education
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Government information and archives
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health information and medical records
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Marketing and advertising
- Medical research
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Nutrition and diet
- Physical fitness and lifestyle
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Television and film
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 6, 2009Introduced in House
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