Healthy Kids Outdoors Act of 2015
Latest action · Apr 23, 2015 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Progress
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- IntroducedApr 23, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Healthy Kids Outdoors Act of 2015
Authorizes the Department of the Interior to issue an eligible entity a cooperative agreement for each state for the development, implementation, and updating of a five-year Healthy Kids Outdoors State Strategy designed to encourage people in the United States (especially children, youth, and families) to be physically active
Requires an entity that receives funding to: (1) update the State Strategy at least once every five years, and (2) provide a 25% match through in-kind contributions or cash.
Requires State Strategies to provide for subgrants to local partners to implement the state strategy through at at least one of specified program activities.
Directs the President to issue a national strategy for encouraging people 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 national strategy and State Strategies.
Requires Interior to provide technical assistance to eligible entities and local partners, and disseminate best practices that emerge from the strategies funded by this Act.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 23, 2015Introduced in Senate
- Apr 23, 2015Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2014 | Healthy Kids Outdoors Act of 2015 | Related bill | May 26, 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 Senate
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