Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act

Bill: 117-s-1301
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2021-04-22
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt

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Health

Health promotion and preventive care

Physical fitness and lifestyle
Latest action: action_date: 2021-10-14
text: Became Public Law No: 117-50.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-04-22
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to continue issuing at least every 10 years physical-activity guidelines based on the most current scientific and medical knowledge.</p> <p>HHS must also publish updated reports that detail evidence-based practices and highlight continuing physical-activity issues between iterations of the guidelines.</p>

action_date: 2021-06-14
action_desc: Reported to Senate
text: <p><b>Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to continue issuing at least every 10 years physical-activity guidelines based on the most current scientific and medical knowledge.</p> <p>HHS must also publish updated reports that detail evidence-based practices and highlight continuing physical-activity issues between iterations of the guidelines.</p>

action_date: 2021-07-30
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <p><b>Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to continue issuing at least every 10 years physical-activity guidelines based on the most current scientific and medical knowledge.</p> <p>HHS must also publish updated reports that detail evidence-based practices and highlight continuing physical-activity issues between iterations of the guidelines.</p>

action_date: 2021-09-29
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p>This bill suspends the public debt limit through December 16, 2022. The bill also requires the limit to be adjusted on December 17, 2022, to accommodate obligations issued during the suspension period.</p>

action_date: 2021-10-07
action_desc: Senate agreed to House amendment
text: <p>This bill increases the public debt limit by $480 billion. </p>

action_date: 2021-10-12
action_desc: House agreed to Senate amendment
text: <p>This bill increases the public debt limit by $480 billion. </p>

action_date: 2021-10-14
action_desc: Public Law
text: <p>This bill increases the public debt limit by $480 billion.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1301 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 22, 2021 Mr. Brown (for himself, Mr. Wicker , and Mrs. Capito ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To provide for the publication by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of physical activity recommendations for Americans.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act . 2. Physical activity recommendations for Americans (a) Reports (1) In general Not later than December 31, 2028, and at least every 10 years thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the Secretary ) shall publish a report that provides physical activity recommendations for the people of the United States. Each such report shall contain physical activity information and recommendations for consideration and use by the general public, and shall be considered, as applicable and appropriate, by relevant Federal agencies in carrying out relevant Federal health programs. (2) Basis of recommendations The information contained in each report required under paragraph (1) shall be based on the most current evidence-based scientific and medical knowledge at the time the report is prepared, and shall include additional recommendations for population subgroups, such as children or individuals with disabilities, including information regarding engagement in appropriate physical activity and avoiding inactivity. (3) Update reports Not later than 5 years after the publication of the first report under paragraph (1), and at least every 10 years thereafter, the Secretary shall publish an updated report detailing evidence-based practices and highlighting continuing issues with respect to physical activity. The contents of reports under this paragraph may focus on a particular group, subsection, or other division of the general public or on a particular issue relating to physical activity. (b) Interaction with other recommendations Federal agencies proposing to issue physical activity recommendations that differ from the recommendations in the most recent report published under subsection (a)(1) shall, as applicable and appropriate, take into consideration the recommendations provided through reports issued under this Act. (c) Existing authority not affected This section is not intended to limit the support of biomedical research by any Federal agency or to limit the presentation or communication of scientific or medical findings or review of such findings by any Federal agency. (d) Limitation Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no physical fitness standard established under this Act shall be binding on any individual as a matter of Federal law or regulation.

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 75 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1301 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 22, 2021 Mr. Brown (for himself, Mr. Wicker , and Mrs. Capito ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions June 14, 2021 Reported by Mrs. Murray , without amendment A BILL To provide for the publication by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of physical activity recommendations for Americans.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act . 2. Physical activity recommendations for Americans (a) Reports (1) In general Not later than December 31, 2028, and at least every 10 years thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the Secretary ) shall publish a report that provides physical activity recommendations for the people of the United States. Each such report shall contain physical activity information and recommendations for consideration and use by the general public, and shall be considered, as applicable and appropriate, by relevant Federal agencies in carrying out relevant Federal health programs. (2) Basis of recommendations The information contained in each report required under paragraph (1) shall be based on the most current evidence-based scientific and medical knowledge at the time the report is prepared, and shall include additional recommendations for population subgroups, such as children or individuals with disabilities, including information regarding engagement in appropriate physical activity and avoiding inactivity. (3) Update reports Not later than 5 years after the publication of the first report under paragraph (1), and at least every 10 years thereafter, the Secretary shall publish an updated report detailing evidence-based practices and highlighting continuing issues with respect to physical activity. The contents of reports under this paragraph may focus on a particular group, subsection, or other division of the general public or on a particular issue relating to physical activity. (b) Interaction with other recommendations Federal agencies proposing to issue physical activity recommendations that differ from the recommendations in the most recent report published under subsection (a)(1) shall, as applicable and appropriate, take into consideration the recommendations provided through reports issued under this Act. (c) Existing authority not affected This section is not intended to limit the support of biomedical research by any Federal agency or to limit the presentation or communication of scientific or medical findings or review of such findings by any Federal agency. (d) Limitation Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no physical fitness standard established under this Act shall be binding on any individual as a matter of Federal law or regulation.

June 14, 2021 Reported without amendment

tv_txt: 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1301 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT To provide for the publication by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of physical activity recommendations for Americans.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act . 2. Physical activity recommendations for Americans (a) Reports (1) In general Not later than December 31, 2028, and at least every 10 years thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the Secretary ) shall publish a report that provides physical activity recommendations for the people of the United States. Each such report shall contain physical activity information and recommendations for consideration and use by the general public, and shall be considered, as applicable and appropriate, by relevant Federal agencies in carrying out relevant Federal health programs. (2) Basis of recommendations The information contained in each report required under paragraph (1) shall be based on the most current evidence-based scientific and medical knowledge at the time the report is prepared, and shall include additional recommendations for population subgroups, such as children or individuals with disabilities, including information regarding engagement in appropriate physical activity and avoiding inactivity. (3) Update reports Not later than 5 years after the publication of the first report under paragraph (1), and at least every 10 years thereafter, the Secretary shall publish an updated report detailing evidence-based practices and highlighting continuing issues with respect to physical activity. The contents of reports under this paragraph may focus on a particular group, subsection, or other division of the general public or on a particular issue relating to physical activity. (b) Interaction with other recommendations Federal agencies proposing to issue physical activity recommendations that differ from the recommendations in the most recent report published under subsection (a)(1) shall, as applicable and appropriate, take into consideration the recommendations provided through reports issued under this Act. (c) Existing authority not affected This section is not intended to limit the support of biomedical research by any Federal agency or to limit the presentation or communication of scientific or medical findings or review of such findings by any Federal agency. (d) Limitation Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no physical fitness standard established under this Act shall be binding on any individual as a matter of Federal law or regulation.

Passed the Senate July 30, 2021. Secretary

tv_txt: 117th CONGRESS 1st Session In the House of Representatives, U. S., September 29, 2021 AMENDMENT:

That the bill from the Senate (S. 1301) entitled An Act to provide for the publication by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of physical activity recommendations for Americans. , do pass with the following Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: 1. Temporary extension of public debt limit (a) In general Section 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, shall not apply for the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on December 16, 2022. (b) Special rule relating to obligations issued during extension period Effective on December 17, 2022, the limitation in effect under section 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, shall be increased to the extent that— (1) the face amount of obligations issued under chapter 31 of such title and the face amount of obligations whose principal and interest are guaranteed by the United States Government (except guaranteed obligations held by the Secretary of the Treasury) outstanding on December 17, 2022, exceeds (2) the face amount of such obligations outstanding on the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) Extension limited to necessary obligations An obligation shall not be taken into account under subsection (b)(1) unless the issuance of such obligation was necessary to fund a commitment incurred pursuant to law by the Federal Government that required payment before December 17, 2022.

Lorraine Miller Clerk.

tv_txt: 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1301 In the Senate of the United States, October 7, 2021. Senate Amendment to House Amendment:

That the Senate agree to the amendment of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 1301) entitled An Act to provide for the publication by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of physical activity recommendations for Americans. , do pass with the following Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: 1. Increase of public debt limit The limitation under section 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, as most recently increased by section 301 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 ( 31 U.S.C. 3101 note), is increased by $480,000,000,000.

Secretary

tv_txt: One Hundred Seventeenth Congress of the United States of America 1st Sess. Begun and held at the City of Washington on Sunday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty one S. 1301 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT To provide for the publication by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of physical activity recommendations for Americans.

1. Increase of public debt limit The limitation under section 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, as most recently increased by section 301 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 ( 31 U.S.C. 3101 note), is increased by $480,000,000,000.

Speaker of the House of Representatives Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate