3.0.0 531 2023-01-11T13:25:42Z 2023-01-11T13:25:42Z Senate S S 2013-03-12 113 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2014-07-23T20:14:14Z Markup by 2014-07-23T18:30:00Z Referred to 2013-03-12T19:03:07Z HeLP America Act 113 39 S 2013-01-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Act 113 2179 HR 2013-05-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2014-07-23 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 479. Calendars 2014-07-23 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Harkin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report. Committee 2014-07-23 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Harkin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee 2014-07-23 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2013-03-12 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2013-03-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD N W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2013-03-12 True A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH 2014-07-29 False Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Child health Department of Health and Human Services Government information and archives Health promotion and preventive care Physical fitness and lifestyle Health 00 2013-03-12 Introduced in Senate 2013-05-15T16:54:20Z Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish a "Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans" report at least every 10 years that contains physical activity information and guidelines for the general public, based on the preponderance of current scientific and medical knowledge, and including guidelines for identified population subgroups, as needed. Requires any federal agency that proposes to issue any physical activity guidance for the general population or identified subgroups to submit the text of the guidance to the Secretary for review. Prescribes review procedures.

]]> 01 2014-07-23 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2014-10-17T22:45:24Z Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish a report at least every 10 years that contains physical activity recommendations for the general public, based on the most current scientific and medical knowledge and including additional information for population subgroups, as needed.

Requires the Secretary to publish, no more than 5 years after the first full report is published and every 10 years thereafter, an updated report detailing evidence-based practices and highlighting continuing issues with respect to physical activity. Permits a report to focus on particular subgroups or issues relating to physical activity.

Requires any federal agency that proposes to issue physical activity recommendations that differ from the recommendations in the most recent full report to submit the proposed recommendations to the Secretary for review to ensure they are either consistent with the report or based on the most current scientific and medical knowledge.

]]> Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act Display Title Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act Short Titles as Reported to Senate Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act S Senate Short Titles as Introduced Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the publication by the Secretary of Human Services of physical activity guidelines for Americans. Reported to Senate 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s531rs/xml/BILLS-113s531rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2013-03-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s531is/xml/BILLS-113s531is.xml 2014-07-23 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 479. 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.