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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. 

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 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. FEDERAL TASK FORCE ON OBESITY. 

4 Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act 

5 (42 U.S.C. 280g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

6 the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 399R. FEDERAL TASK FORCE ON OBESITY. 

2 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall convene 

3 a Task Force on Obesity (referred to in this section as 

4 the ‘Task Force’) to— 

5 ‘‘(1) establish a government-wide strategy for 

6 preventing and reducing overweight and obesity that 

7 includes defining clear roles, responsibilities, and ac8 countability for all agencies of the Federal Govern9 ment; 

10 ‘‘(2) coordinate effective interagency coordina11 tion and priorities for action among Federal agen12 cies, including short-term and long-term goals for 

13 childhood and adult obesity rates; and 

14 ‘‘(3) implement and evaluate the effectiveness 

15 of such strategy. 

16 ‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Task Force shall be 

18 composed of— 

19 ‘‘(A) the Secretary (or his or her designee) 

20 of— 

21 ‘‘(i) the Department of Health and 

22 Human Services; 

23 ‘‘(ii) the Department of Agriculture; 

24 ‘‘(iii) the Department of Education; 

25 ‘‘(iv) the Federal Trade Commission; 


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1 ‘‘(v) the Department of Transpor2 tation; 

3 ‘‘(vi) the Department of Defense; 

4 ‘‘(vii) the Department of Veterans Af5 fairs; 

6 ‘‘(viii) the Department of Interior; 

7 ‘‘(ix) the Department of Labor; and 

8 ‘‘(x) any other Federal agency that 

9 the chairperson determines appropriate; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(B) the Chairman (or his or her designee) 

12 of the Federal Communications Commission. 

13 ‘‘(2) CHAIRPERSON.—The chairperson of the 

14 Task Force shall be— 

15 ‘‘(A) an individual appointed by the Presi16 dent; and 

17 ‘‘(B) until the date that an individual is 

18 appointed under subparagraph (A), the Sec19 retary. 

20 ‘‘(c) MEETINGS.—The Task Force shall meet at the 

21 call of the chairperson. 

22 ‘‘(d) REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 2010, and 

23 on annual basis thereafter through January 1, 2015, the 

24 Task Force shall submit to the President and to the rel25 evant committees of Congress, a report that— 


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1 ‘‘(1) describes the activities and efforts to pre2 vent and reduce overweight and obesity conducted by 

3 the Task Force during the year to which the report 

4 relates; and 

5 ‘‘(2) evaluates the effectiveness of such activi6 ties and efforts to prevent and reduce overweight 

7 and obesity.’’. 

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