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H.R. 4072: Healthy People, Healthy Choices Act of 2004

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H.R. 4072: Healthy People, Healthy Choices Act of 2004

108th Congress · introduced 2004-03-30 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2004-03-30 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Healthy People, Healthy Choices Act of 2004

Plain summary

Healthy People, Healthy Choices Act of 2004 - Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct public outreach campaigns to increase the awareness of African Americans and other minority populations about: (1) nutrition and fitness; (2) access to, and the affordability of, healthy foods and dietary supplements; (3) the need for health promotion; (4) how to prepare inexpensive, healthy meals; and (5) how to incorporate dietary supplements and physical activity into daily life. Allows the Director to make grants to: (1) not-for-profit organizations servicing medically underserved populations to promote healthy eating and regular exercise habits among minority communities; (2) State and local educational agencies and community organizations to conduct training events and demonstration projects for children and their parents in communities with significant minority populations; and (3) community organizations to encourage manufacturers to make their healthy food products available at a discount in communities with significant minority populations.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Healthy People, Healthy Choices Act of 2004

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37] · 11 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong108-hr4072 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108