S 3194 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Reducing Obesity in Youth Act of 2016

Introduced Jul 13, 2016 Originated Senate Sponsor Cory A. Booker D-NJ

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 13, 2016 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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.

  1. IntroducedJul 13, 2016
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Reducing Obesity in Youth Act of 2016

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in coordination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Administration for Children and Families, to award grants to promote healthy eating and physical activity among children under six years old in early care and education settings.

HHS must track the obesity prevention policies and practices of early care and education programs.

Cosponsors 4

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 13, 2016 to Jul 14, 2016, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLBill NelsonOriginalJul 13, 2016
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsOriginalJul 13, 2016
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalJul 13, 2016
D-DEThomas R. CarperJul 14, 2016

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 13, 2016Introduced in Senate
  2. Jul 13, 2016Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 13, 2016Introduced in Senate

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