Fit for Life Act of 2011
Latest action · Oct 4, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
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.
- IntroducedAug 5, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fit for LIFE Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to expand the offering of fruits and vegetables in low-income communities through supermarkets.
Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to: (1) expand programs to include the provision of free fresh fruits and vegetables in secondary schools, child care centers, and family child care homes; (2) expand summer food service programs for children; and (3) establish a program providing nutritious food to at-risk school children on weekends and during extended school holidays during the school year.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a grant program to enable local and tribal governments to conduct a food security assessment.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of HHS to establish programs to reduce and prevent obesity in children.
Requires the Secretaries of Education and HHS to award grants for health and fitness programs in secondary schools in low-income communities.
Requires the Secretary of HHS to award grants to states for a community navigator program.
Expands coverage of obesity treatment and prevention programs and services in federal programs.
Establishes the National Commission on Child Obesity.
Sets forth grant programs to increase physical activity in low-income communities and schools and prevent childhood obesity.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 5, 2011 to May 7, 2012; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Aug 5, 2011 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Original | Aug 5, 2011 |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Original | Aug 5, 2011 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Mar 26, 2012 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | May 7, 2012 |
Committees 7
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 Sep 6, 2011 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Sep 9, 2011 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Sep 6, 2011 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Sep 6, 2011 |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Sep 6, 2011 |
| Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Sep 9, 2011 | |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Sep 9, 2011 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Sep 6, 2011 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Sep 12, 2011 | |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Sep 6, 2011 |
| Housing and Insurance Subcommittee | Referred Oct 4, 2011 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Sep 6, 2011 |
| Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee | Referred Sep 13, 2011 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 4, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
- Sep 13, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture .
- Sep 12, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Sep 9, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Sep 9, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
- Sep 9, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
- Sep 6, 2011Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, the Judiciary, Financial Services, and Agriculture, 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.
- Aug 5, 2011Introduced in House
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H6920H.R. 2795 | — | Oct 13, 2011 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H6921.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R41354 | Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization: P.L. 111-296 | Report | Feb 6, 2012 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2817 | National Youth Sports Program Revitalization Act of 2011 | Related bill | Aug 30, 2011 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To address childhood obesity, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Fit for Life Act of 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Advisory bodies
- Child care and development
- Child health
- Child safety and welfare
- Congressional oversight
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Food assistance and relief
- Food industry and services
- Food supply, safety, and labeling
- Fruit and vegetables
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Housing and community development funding
- Indian social and development programs
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Nutrition and diet
- Outdoor recreation
- Parks, recreation areas, trails
- Pedestrians and bicycling
- Performance measurement
- Physical fitness and lifestyle
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Preschool education
- Retail and wholesale trades
- School athletics
- Sports and recreation facilities
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Urban and suburban affairs and development
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 6, 2011Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
