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S. 1802: Healthy Kids Outdoors Act of 2011

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S. 1802: Healthy Kids Outdoors Act of 2011

112th Congress · introduced 2011-11-03 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7131-7133)

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-11-03 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7131-7133) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

Healthy Kids Outdoors Act of 2011

Plain summary

Healthy Kids Outdoors Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to issue one cooperative agreement per state to eligible entities to implement and update a five-year Healthy Kids Outdoors State Strategy for encouraging Americans, especially children, youth, and families, to be physically active outdoors. Requires each Strategy to provide for subgrants to local partners for the implementation of the strategy through one or more of the program activities relating to outdoor recreation as described in this Act. Requires eligible entities to provide a 25% match of the funding that they receive under this Act through in-kind contributions or cash. Directs the President to issue a national strategy for encouraging Americans to be physically active outdoors. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to carry out a study of national significance on the health impacts of the strategies under this Act. Requires the Secretary to provide technical assistance to grantees and to disseminate best practices that emerge from the state strategies funded by this Act.

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Official text

Healthy Kids Outdoors Act of 2011

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] · 5 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-s1802 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112