3.0.0 2936 2023-01-11T13:32:54Z 2023-01-11T13:32:54Z Senate S 2016-05-17 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-05-17T15:13:13Z Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act 114 5232 HR 2016-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Related bill CRS 2016-05-17 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2016-05-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N Taxation Business expenses Child health Elementary and secondary education Food assistance and relief Food industry and services Fruit and vegetables Government studies and investigations Income tax deductions Marketing and advertising Nutrition and diet Taxation 00 2016-05-17 Introduced in Senate 2016-05-20T17:33:35Z Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for: (1) advertising or marketing directed at children (age 14 or under) for food of poor nutritional quality or a brand primarily associated with food of poor nutritional quality; and (2) for related expenses, including for travel, goods or services constituting entertainment, amusement, or recreation, gifts, or other promotion expenses.

The Department of the Treasury must enter into a contract with the National Academy of Medicine to develop procedures to evaluate and identify food of poor nutritional quality and brands that are primarily associated with such food.

The bill authorizes additional funding to carry out the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.

]]> Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act Display Title Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect children's health by denying any deduction for advertising and marketing directed at children to promote the consumption of food of poor nutritional quality. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act Introduced in Senate 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2936is/xml/BILLS-114s2936is.xml 2016-05-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.