I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 161 
To authorize the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
to conduct minority health programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2005 
Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To authorize the Director of the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention to conduct minority health programs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Healthy People, 
Healthy Choices Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) There is a critical need for the Congress to 
lead the Federal Government in making sure that
members of minority populations are guaranteed ac-
cess to adequate health care. 
(2) In the United States, an estimated 108 mil-
lion or 61 percent of adults are considered to be 
overweight or obese. 
(3) High rates of obesity are associated with a 
greater incidence of diseases including heart disease, 
diabetes, and various forms of cancers including 
breast, uterine, and colon cancer among others. 
(4) A lack of access to culturally sensitive med-
ical care and guidelines for healthy eating and exer-
cise habits contributes to poor health outcomes for 
minority citizens. 
(5) Among members of ethnic minority popu-
lations, the rates of obesity and disease are in-
creased markedly. 
(6) According to the 2001 Behavioral Risk Fac-
tor Surveillance System of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, more than one third or 34.7 
percent of African-American adults reported no lei-
sure-time physical activity. 
(7) Among African-American women, 28.4 per-
cent are inactive, meaning they engage in less than 
10 minutes per week of moderate physical activity, 
as well as 20.8 percent of African-American men.
(8) Rates of physical activity are low for both 
African-American men and women, with 40.3 per-
cent of men and 31.4 percent of women partici-
pating in a regular fitness routine. 
(9) Among Latino- or Hispanic-American 
adults, 39.8 percent are not physically active, as 
compared to only 22.5 percent of non-Latino white 
adults. 
SEC. 3. MINORITY HEALTH PROGRAMS. 
(a) PUBLIC OUTREACH CAMPAIGNS.—The Director 
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (in this 
Act referred to as the ‘‘Director’’) shall conduct public 
outreach campaigns to increase the awareness of African 
Americans and other minority populations, particularly 
those who are disproportionately impacted by higher 
incidences of obesity and related diseases, about the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Nutrition and fitness generally. 
(2) Access to, and the affordability of, healthy 
foods and dietary supplements. 
(3) The need for health promotion to African 
Americans and other minority groups. 
(4) How to prepare inexpensive, healthy meals. 
(5) How to incorporate dietary supplements and 
physical activity into daily life.
(b) GRANTS TO PROMOTE HEALTHY EATING AND 
EXERCISE.— 
(1) GRANTS.—The Director may make grants 
to not-for-profit organizations servicing medically 
underserved populations for the promotion of 
healthy eating and regular exercise habits among 
minority communities. 
(2) USE OF FUNDS.—A grantee may use funds 
received under this subsection to provide information 
about proper nutrition and increased physical activ-
ity. 
(c) GRANTS FOR TRAINING AND DEMONSTRATION 
PROJECTS.— 
(1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—The Congress ap-
plauds the efforts of the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention to eliminate racial and ethnic dis-
parities in health through the Racial and Ethnic Ap-
proaches to Community Health (REACH) 2010 pro-
gram. 
(2) GRANTS.—For the purpose of eliminating 
racial and ethnic disparities in health, the Director 
may make grants to State educational agencies, local 
educational agencies, and community organizations 
to conduct training events and demonstration 
projects for children and their parents in commu-
nities with a significant population of African-Amer-
ican, Latino, Asian-Pacific-Islander, or other minor-
ity individuals. 
(3) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the terms ‘‘State educational agency’’ and 
‘‘local educational agency’’ have the meanings given 
to those terms in section 9101 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801). 
(d) GRANTS FOR HEALTHY FOOD PRODUCTS.—The 
Director may make grants to community organizations to 
encourage manufacturers of healthy food products to 
make their products available at a discount in commu-
nities with significant minority populations to promote 
better health outcomes. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2006 through 2011. 
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