[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 696 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 696

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should 
  be established a National Physical Education and Sports Week and a 
             National Physical Education and Sports Month.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 16, 2006

    Mr. Udall of Colorado (for himself and Mr. Wamp) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Government 
                                 Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should 
  be established a National Physical Education and Sports Week and a 
             National Physical Education and Sports Month.

Whereas many residents of the United States would improve the quality of their 
        lives through proper exercise and diet;
Whereas obesity-related diseases cost the United States economy more than 
        $100,000,000,000 every year;
Whereas physical activity reduces risk, at all ages, of heart disease, high 
        blood pressure, and diabetes;
Whereas almost half of individuals aged 12 through 21, and more than a third of 
        high school students, do not participate in vigorous physical activity 
        on a regular basis;
Whereas physical activity is necessary to support normal growth in children and 
        is essential to the continuing health and well-being of youth and 
        adults;
Whereas the 60 million school-aged children and youth in the United States have 
        the potential to acquire the knowledge, skills, and values that can lead 
        to a lifetime of physically active and heathy living;
Whereas in a 1996 report on physical activity and health, the Surgeon General of 
        the United States Public Health Service verified that regular physical 
        activity is associated with improved health-related quality of life;
Whereas it would be appropriate to recognize May 1 through 7, 2006, as National 
        Physical Education and Sports Week; and
Whereas the month of May has traditionally been recognized as National Physical 
        Education and Sports Month to encourage broader promotion of physical 
        fitness activities and programs in schools, parks, recreation 
        departments, employee associations, hospitals, and other entities 
        involved in physical fitness: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
there should be established--
            (1) a National Physical Education and Sports Week; and
            (2) a National Physical Education and Sports Month.
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