H.R. 5938: Stop Obesity in Schools Act of 2006

109th Congress · introduced 2006-07-27 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

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Where it came from: introduced 2006-07-27 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Stop Obesity in Schools Act of 2006

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Stop Obesity in Schools Act of 2006 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a national strategy to reduce childhood obesity that: (1) provides for the reduction of childhood obesity rates by 10% by the year 2010; (2) addresses solutions to reducing the rates of childhood obesity; (3) identifies how the federal government can work effectively with entities to implement the strategy; and (4) includes measures to identify and overcome all obstacles to achieving the goal of reducing childhood obesity. Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to: (1) make grants to local educational agencies to reduce childhood obesity by adopting wellness policies and anti-obesity initiatives; (2) arrange for the evaluation of a wide variety of existing programs designed to prevent obesity in children and adolescents in order to identify factors contributing to program effectiveness; and (3) make grants on a competitive basis to state governments, local governments, and consortia of local governments to reduce childhood obesity through establishing or expanding healthy living and wellness coordinating councils and supporting regional workshops.

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Stop Obesity in Schools Act of 2006

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] · 0 cosponsors

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-109hr5938.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/109/hr>

Record fed-us-cong109-hr5938 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109