Healthy Kids Outdoors Act of 2015
Latest action · May 26, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
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.
- IntroducedApr 23, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Healthy Kids Outdoors Act of 2015
Authorizes the Department of the Interior to issue one cooperative agreement per state to eligible entities to implement and update a five-year Healthy Kids Outdoors State Strategy for encouraging Americans, especially children, youth, and families, to be physically active
Requires eligible entities to provide a 25% match of the funding that they receive under this Act through in-kind contributions or cash.
Directs the President to issue a national strategy for encouraging Americans to be physically active outdoors.
Directs Interior and the Department of Health and Human Services to carry out a study of national significance on the health impacts of the strategies under this Act.
Requires Interior to provide technical assistance to grantees and to disseminate best practices that emerge from the state strategies funded by this Act.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 23, 2015 to Jul 5, 2016; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Apr 23, 2015 |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Original | Apr 23, 2015 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | Apr 23, 2015 |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Original | Apr 23, 2015 |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | May 19, 2015 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jun 1, 2015 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Jun 1, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jun 1, 2015 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Jun 9, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Sep 17, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Richard M. Nolan | Jul 5, 2016 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Apr 23, 2015 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred May 26, 2015 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Apr 23, 2015 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Apr 24, 2015 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 26, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Apr 24, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 23, 2015Introduced in House
- Apr 23, 2015Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
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 Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 60, April 23, 2015, page H2466.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1078 | Healthy Kids Outdoors Act of 2015 | Related bill | Apr 23, 2015 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out programs and activities that connect Americans, especially children, youth, and families, with the outdoors.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Healthy Kids Outdoors Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Child health
- Disability and paralysis
- Family services
- Hunting and fishing
- Intergovernmental relations
- Mental health
- Nutrition and diet
- Outdoor recreation
- Parks, recreation areas, trails
- Physical fitness and lifestyle
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Public participation and lobbying
- Public transit
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 23, 2015Introduced 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.
