Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act
Latest action · Sep 19, 2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
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 13, 2016
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for: (1) advertising or marketing directed at children (age 14 or under) for food of poor nutritional quality or a brand primarily associated with food of poor nutritional quality; and (2) for related expenses, including for travel, goods or services constituting entertainment, amusement, or recreation, gifts, or other promotion expenses.
The Department of the Treasury must enter into a contract with the National Academy of Medicine to develop procedures to evaluate and identify food of poor nutritional quality and brands that are primarily associated with such food.
The bill authorizes additional funding to carry out the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 13, 2016 to Nov 14, 2016; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | May 13, 2016 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jun 28, 2016 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Jul 1, 2016 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Jul 5, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Jul 7, 2016 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Sep 19, 2016 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Sep 19, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Sep 19, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Sep 26, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Nov 14, 2016 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 13, 2016 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred May 13, 2016 |
| Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee | Referred Sep 19, 2016 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 19, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- May 13, 2016Introduced in House
- May 13, 2016Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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. 162, no. 76, May 13, 2016, page H2386.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2936 | Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act | Related bill | May 17, 2016 |
| HR 7342 | Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act | Reintroduced Bill | Dec 19, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect children's health by denying any deduction for advertising and marketing directed at children to promote the consumption of food of poor nutritional quality.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 13, 2016Introduced 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.
