US HB2625 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: Introduced on May 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-06-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Includes eating-disorder prevention and promotion of long-term health practices in the educational component of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP-Ed) and local school wellness policies created under the National School Lunch Program or other federal child nutrition programs. Under current law, states may elect to implement certain nutrition education and obesity prevention programs as part of SNAP-Ed; this bill requires the Department of Agriculture to specifically implement a nutrition education and obesity prevention program that includes a focus on long-term health practices.

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Title

LIVE Well Act Long-term InVestment in Education for Wellness Act

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History

DateChamberAction
2019-06-07HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
2019-05-09HouseReferred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-05-09HouseReferred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-05-09HouseIntroduced in House

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