3.0.0 3144 2023-01-11T13:18:30Z 2023-01-11T13:18:30Z House H HR 2009-07-09 111 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2009-07-10T15:04:58Z Referred to 2009-07-09T14:02:42Z 2009-07-15 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8106) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-07-10 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2009-07-09 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2009-07-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-07-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000608 Rep. Dahlkemper, Kathleen A. [D-PA-3] Kathleen Dahlkemper D PA A. 3 N M001148 Rep. Meek, Kendrick B. [D-FL-17] Kendrick Meek D FL B. 17 2009-07-14 False B000574 Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] EARL BLUMENAUER D OR 3 2009-07-17 False C001036 Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23] LOIS CAPPS D CA 23 2009-07-17 False M001120 Rep. Murtha, John P. [D-PA-12] JOHN MURTHA D PA P. 12 2009-07-17 False W000119 Rep. Wamp, Zach [R-TN-3] ZACH WAMP R TN 3 2009-07-17 False B001228 Rep. Bono Mack, Mary [R-CA-45] MARY BONO MACK R CA 45 2009-07-17 False J000032 Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON-LEE D TX 18 2009-07-20 False R000435 Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18] ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN R FL 18 2009-07-20 False G000554 Rep. Giffords, Gabrielle [D-AZ-8] Gabrielle Giffords D AZ 8 2009-07-23 False C001078 Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] Gerald Connolly D VA E. 11 2009-07-31 False F000455 Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11] Marcia Fudge D OH L. 11 2010-01-20 False Health Agricultural education Child health Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Horticulture and plants Nutrition and diet Health 00 2009-07-09 Introduced in House 2009-12-01T20:55:38Z Healthy Communities Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make five-year grants to community partnerships for programs to combat obesity. Sets forth eligibility requirements. Provides for an executive council and a steering committee.

Requires a community obesity prevention program to address all the different components of fighting obesity and to include: (1) physical exercise and a physical activity environment; (2) nutritional counseling and nutritional environment activities; (3) education to provide to the community information about the importance of eating healthily and maintaining a balanced diet and of being physically fit and to provide strategies for addressing varying individual capabilities to attain physical fitness; and (4) an evidence-based curriculum using the National Institutes of Health's (NIH's) Ways to Enhance Children's Activity and Nutrition (We Can) program and curriculum to guide the program.

Requires a program to: (1) make use of evidence-based practices, strategies, programs, and policies in designing program guidelines; (2) develop a communications plan that involves the entire community; (3) have both in-school and workplace wellness programs; and (4) identify a Wellness Coordinator. Requires the executive council and the steering committee to: (1) perform an assessment of the obesity problem in each respective community; and (2) work with the Wellness Coordinator to lay out achievable short- and long-term goals for reducing childhood obesity.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) prohibit a community partnership from using the grant to pay for administrative expenses, with exceptions; and (2) give preference in selecting grant recipients to communities with high levels of obesity and related chronic diseases.

]]> Healthy Communities Act of 2009 Display Title Healthy Communities Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Public Health Service Act to promote obesity prevention, including proper nutrition and exercise. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Healthy Communities Act of 2009 Introduced in House 2009-07-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr3144ih/xml/BILLS-111hr3144ih.xml 2009-07-15 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8106) 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.