To provide for the publication by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of physical activity recommendations for Americans.

United States115th CongressHR-1519House of Representatives
Updated: Mar 17, 2017

Summary

Physical Activities Recommendations for Americans Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish a report at least every 10 years that contains physical activity recommendations for the general public based on the most current scientific and medical knowledge, including information for population subgroups, as needed. HHS must publish updated reports that detail evidence-based practices and highlight continuing physical activity issues between the publications of full reports. Updated reports may focus on particular population subgroups or issues relating to physical activity. A federal agency that proposes to issue physical activity recommendations that differ from the recommendations in the most recent full report must submit the proposed recommendations to HHS for review.

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S-657: A bill to provide for the publication by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of physical activity recommendations for Americans.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

    House of Representatives

  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    House of Representatives

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