Fit for Life Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4765
Sponsor: Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2014-05-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Child care and development
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Disability and paralysis
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fruit and vegetables
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Housing and community development funding
Indian social and development programs
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Medicaid
Medicare
Nutrition and diet
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pedestrians and bicycling
Performance measurement
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Poverty and welfare assistance
Preschool education
Retail and wholesale trades
School athletics
Sports and recreation facilities
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: 
Fit for LIFE Act of 2014 - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to make grants to create or expand the offering of an innovative food distribution project that:
 
 
serves a low-income area or one that is a food desert (an area without ready access to fresh, healthful, and affordable food) or food swamp (an area with an abundance of less healthful food options);
 
is not supermarket-based;
 
provides free or low-cost delivery of fresh fruits and vegetables;
 
 provides for the acquisition of produce trucks to distribute food without service or delivery charges; or
 
provides for the establishment of a community food market at which fresh fruits and vegetables are sold at a low cost.
 
 
Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to: (1) expand the availability of free fruits and vegetables in elementary and secondary schools, child care centers, and family child care homes; (2) expand summer food service programs for children; and (3) establish a program providing nutritious food to at-risk school children on weekends and during extended school holidays during the school year.
 
 Directs the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to study physical activity by juveniles in juvenile justice facilities and the nutritional quality of meals and snacks served in the facilities.
 
 Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a grant program to enable local and tribal governments to conduct food security assessments.
 
 Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of HHS to establish programs to reduce and prevent obesity in children.
 
 Requires the Secretaries of Education and HHS to award grants for health and fitness programs in secondary schools in low-income communities.
 
 Requires the Secretary of HHS to award grants to states for a community navigator program.
 
Expands coverage of obesity treatment and prevention programs and services in federal programs.
 
 Establishes the National Commission on Child Obesity.
 
Sets forth grant programs to increase physical activity in low-income communities and schools and prevent childhood obesity, including through the upgrading of educational facilities and child care centers and community use of elementary and secondary school buildings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2014-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.
action_date: 2014-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2014-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2014-05-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2014-05-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E891)
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, the Judiciary, Financial Services, and Natural Resources, 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.
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, the Judiciary, Financial Services, and Natural Resources, 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.
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, the Judiciary, Financial Services, and Natural Resources, 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.
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, the Judiciary, Financial Services, and Natural Resources, 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.
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, the Judiciary, Financial Services, and Natural Resources, 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.
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, the Judiciary, Financial Services, and Natural Resources, 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.
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-05-29
text: Introduced in House