[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 3321 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3321

     To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide coordinated 
  leadership in Federal efforts to prevent and reduce overweight and 
obesity and to promote sound health and nutrition among Americans, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 23, 2008

 Mr. Harkin (for himself, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Kennedy, and Ms. 
   Mikulski) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide coordinated 
  leadership in Federal efforts to prevent and reduce overweight and 
obesity and to promote sound health and nutrition among Americans, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FEDERAL TASK FORCE ON OBESITY.

    Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
280g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 399R. FEDERAL TASK FORCE ON OBESITY.

    ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall convene a Task Force on 
Obesity (referred to in this section as the `Task Force') to--
            ``(1) establish a government-wide strategy for preventing 
        and reducing overweight and obesity that includes defining 
        clear roles, responsibilities, and accountability for all 
        agencies of the Federal Government;
            ``(2) coordinate effective interagency coordination and 
        priorities for action among Federal agencies, including short-
        term and long-term goals for childhood and adult obesity rates; 
        and
            ``(3) implement and evaluate the effectiveness of such 
        strategy.
    ``(b) Membership.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Task Force shall be composed of--
                    ``(A) the Secretary (or his or her designee) of--
                            ``(i) the Department of Health and Human 
                        Services;
                            ``(ii) the Department of Agriculture;
                            ``(iii) the Department of Education;
                            ``(iv) the Federal Trade Commission;
                            ``(v) the Department of Transportation;
                            ``(vi) the Department of Defense;
                            ``(vii) the Department of Veterans Affairs;
                            ``(viii) the Department of Interior;
                            ``(ix) the Department of Labor; and
                            ``(x) any other Federal agency that the 
                        chairperson determines appropriate; and
                    ``(B) the Chairman (or his or her designee) of the 
                Federal Communications Commission.
            ``(2) Chairperson.--The chairperson of the Task Force shall 
        be--
                    ``(A) an individual appointed by the President; and
                    ``(B) until the date that an individual is 
                appointed under subparagraph (A), the Secretary.
    ``(c) Meetings.--The Task Force shall meet at the call of the 
chairperson.
    ``(d) Report.--Not later than January 1, 2010, and on annual basis 
thereafter through January 1, 2015, the Task Force shall submit to the 
President and to the relevant committees of Congress, a report that--
            ``(1) describes the activities and efforts to prevent and 
        reduce overweight and obesity conducted by the Task Force 
        during the year to which the report relates; and
            ``(2) evaluates the effectiveness of such activities and 
        efforts to prevent and reduce overweight and obesity.''.
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