3.0.0 5951 2023-01-12T17:52:34Z 2023-01-12T17:52:34Z House H HR 2006-07-27 109 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Referred to 2006-09-28T15:08:49Z Referred to 2006-07-27T14:04:00Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2006-08-01T20:52:48Z Referred to 2006-07-27T14:03:45Z hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-07-27T14:04:05Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-07-27T14:03:50Z 2006-09-28 hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. Committee 2006-08-01 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2006-07-27 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Government Reform, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2006-07-27 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Government Reform, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2006-07-27 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Government Reform, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2006-07-27 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Government Reform, 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2006-07-27 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Government Reform, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2006-07-27 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1554) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-07-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-07-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress U000039 Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3] TOM UDALL D NM 3 N W000738 Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] LYNN WOOLSEY D CA 6 2006-07-27 True M000933 Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] JAMES MORAN D VA P. 8 2006-07-27 True C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2006-09-21 False Health Accident prevention Administrative procedure Advertising Agriculture and Food Ambulatory care Anxiety Business records Child health Child nutrition Chronically ill Cigarettes Coinsurance Commerce Community health services Congress Congressional investigations Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Consumer education Cost effectiveness Crime and Law Enforcement Deceptive advertising Dental care Department of Agriculture Department of Health and Human Services Diet Drug abuse Drug abuse treatment Drug approvals Drug therapy Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Emergency Management Employee health benefits Executive reorganization Exercise Families Federal Trade Commission Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to child health services Federal aid to education Federal aid to health facilities Federal preemption Fees Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Fraud Fruit Government Operations and Politics Government employees' health insurance Government paperwork Government trust funds Health counseling Health education Health maintenance organizations Higher education Income tax Independent regulatory commissions Indexing (Economic policy) Intellectual property Judicial review Labeling Labor and Employment Law Lifestyle Local laws Managed care Marketing Medicaid Medical education Medical fees Medical research Medical residents Medical screening Medical tests Medically uninsured Medicare Mental depression Mental health services Mental illness Nicotine Nutrition Obesity Packaging Pharmaceutical research Physical education and training Physical fitness Physicians Poor children Pregnant women Preventive medicine Product counterfeiting Product safety Public health Public service advertising Restaurants School health programs School lunch program Science, Technology, Communications Sleep disorders Smokeless tobacco Smoking Smoking and youth Smuggling Social Welfare Sports and Recreation Sports facilities Standards State laws Stress (Psychology) Surveys Tax credits Tax deductions Tax exclusion Tax rates Tax refunds Taxation Tobacco Tobacco industry User charges Vegetables Vending machines Warning labels Women Women's health Health 00 2006-07-27 Introduced in House 2006-09-19T17:23:41Z Healthy Lifestyles and Prevention America Act or the HeLP America Act - Sets forth provisions regarding healthy eating in schools, including: (1) limiting foods of minimal nutritional value sold in schools; and (2) providing for healthy school nutrition environment incentive grants.

Healthy Workforce Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to: (1) allow a wellness program credit for employers; (2) remove the reduction in the highest tax rate applicable for taxable years after 2000; and (3) exclude from an employee's income the fees paid by an employer to an athletic or fitness facility on the employee's behalf.

Provides for grants to promote individual and community health and to prevent the incidence of chronic disease.

Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) regulate tobacco products (through the Food and Drug Administration); and (2) establish the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee. Sets forth tobacco product standards and registration, recordkeeping, reporting, manufacturer and importer user fee, labeling, advertising, and marketing requirements.

Requires vending machines and certain restaurants to provide nutritional information about each food offered, including the number of calories.

Amends the Social Security Act to provide coverage for certain counseling and screening services. Requires the Secretary to encourage a state program to utilize school-based health centers to deliver primary care to children eligible for federal medical assistance.

Establishes the HeLP (Healthy Lifestyles and Prevention) America Trust Fund to fund smoking cessation efforts and other efforts required by this Act.

Requires the Secretary to conduct research on obesity prevention, treatment, and control.

]]> HeLP America Act Display Title HeLP America Act Official Title as Introduced To improve the health of Americans and reduce health care costs by reorienting the Nation's health care system toward prevention, wellness, and self care. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced HeLP America Act Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Healthy Workforce Act of 2006 Short Titles as Introduced Healthy Lifestyles and Prevention America Act Introduced in House 2006-07-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr5951ih/xml/BILLS-109hr5951ih.xml 2006-09-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.