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118th Congress Health

S. 397: Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)Feb 13, 2023
  2. Passed Senate (not reached)
  3. Passed House (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in Senate, Feb 13, 2023

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to continue issuing at least every 10 years physical-activity guidelines based on the most current scientific and medical knowledge.

HHS must also publish updated reports that detail evidence-based practices and highlight continuing physical-activity issues between iterations of the guidelines.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

Roll calls

0 votes on this bill

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Amendments

0 offered

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Cosponsors

3

Bipartisan support.

Who scored on this bill

6 points earned
  1. 1Sherrod Brown D-OH SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History

  1. Feb 13, 2023Introduced in the Senate by Sherrod Brown.
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  1. Feb 13, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Feb 13, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.