LIFE Act
Bill: H.R.7711 | Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes (D-DC)
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Promoting Healthier Lifelong Improvements in Food and Exercise Act of 2022 or the LIFE Act
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to carry out a national program to conduct and support activities to reduce the number of cases of overweight or obese individuals in the United States. The activities must include training health professionals, educating the public, and developing and demonstrating intervention strategies for use in workplaces and community settings.

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a national 
     program to conduct and support activities toward the goal of 
 significantly reducing the number of cases of overweight and obesity 
                among individuals in the United States.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Promoting Healthier Lifelong 
Improvements in Food and Exercise Act of 2022'' or the ``LIFE Act''.

SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN PREVALENCE OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY.

    Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 243 
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 317U the following 
section:

``SEC. 317V. REDUCTION IN PREVALENCE OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Director of 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall carry out a 
national program to conduct and support activities regarding 
individuals who are overweight or obese in order to make progress 
toward the goal of significantly reducing the number of cases of 
overweight and obesity among individuals in the United States.
    ``(b) Certain Activities.--In carrying out subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall (directly or through grants or contracts) carry out the 
following with respect to individuals who are overweight or obese:
            ``(1) Activities to train health professionals to recognize 
        that patients are overweight or obese and to recommend 
        prevention activities regarding such condition, including 
        educating patients on--
                    ``(A) the relationship between such condition and 
                cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and other health 
                conditions; and
                    ``(B) the benefits of proper nutrition and regular 
                physical activities.
            ``(2) Activities to educate the public with respect to the 
        condition of being overweight or obese, including the 
        development of a strategy for a public awareness campaign.
            ``(3) The development and demonstration of intervention 
        strategies for use at worksites and in community settings such 
        as hospitals and community health centers.
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 
for fiscal year 2023, and such sums as may be necessary for each of 
fiscal years 2024 and 2025.''.
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