To prohibit the Department of Health and Human Services from obligating or expending any funds for grants for developing or evaluating a video game to train parents in food parenting practices, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-3405
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2015-07-29
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations

Department of Health and Human Services

Executive agency funding and structure

Family relationships

Fruit and vegetables

Games and hobbies

Government information and archives

Health programs administration and funding

Health promotion and preventive care

Nutrition and diet

Public contracts and procurement
Latest action: action_date: 2015-07-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-07-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from funding any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement for developing or evaluating a video game to train parents in food parenting practices, including &ldquo;Kiddio: Food Fight--Training Vegetable Parenting Practices.&rdquo; Unobligated balances of amounts made available for &quot;Kiddio: Food Fight--Training Vegetable Parenting Practices&quot; are rescinded.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3405 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 29, 2015 Mr. Salmon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations , 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 A BILL To prohibit the Department of Health and Human Services from obligating or expending any funds for grants for developing or evaluating a video game to train parents in food parenting practices, and for other purposes.

1. Prohibiting grant funds for Kiddio: Food Fight—Training Vegetable Parenting Practices (a) Prohibition The Department of Health and Human Services may not obligate or expend any funds for— (1) grant project # 4R44HD075521–02 of the National Institutes of Health ( Kiddio: Food Fight—Training Vegetable Parenting Practices ; or (2) any other grant, contract, or cooperative agreement for developing or evaluating a video game to train parents in food parenting practices. (b) Unobligated balances Of the amounts made available for any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement of the Department of Health and Human Services described in paragraph (1), the unobligated balances of such amounts are hereby rescinded.