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H.R. 1249: Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2013

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H.R. 1249: Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2013

113th Congress · introduced 2013-03-19 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-03-19 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] · 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

Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2013

Plain summary

Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise the nutritional information that restaurants and retail food establishments must disclose. Requires the nutrient content disclosure statement on the menu or menu board to include: (1) the number of calories contained in the whole product; (2) the number of servings and number of calories per serving; or (3) the number of calories per the common unit division of the product, such as for a multi-serving item that is typically divided before presentation to the consumer. Permits such information to be provided by a remote-access menu, such as through the internet, for food establishments where the majority of orders are placed by customers who are off-premises at the time the order is placed. Defines “reasonable basis” for a restaurant or similar food establishment’s nutrient content disclosures to mean that the nutrient disclosure is within acceptable allowances for variation in nutrient content, which include variations in serving size or ingredients, and inadvertent human error in formulation of menu items. Sets forth the methods a restaurant or similar food establishment may use to determine nutritional content for disclosure, including ranges, averages, individual labeling of flavors or components, or labeling of one preset standard build (i.e., the finished version of a menu item most commonly ordered by consumers). Applies the nutritional disclosure requirements to retail food establishments that derive more than 50% of their total revenue from the sale of food.

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

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Official text

Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2013

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] · 86 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

John R. Carter (R-TX), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Steve Womack (R-AR), H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Sam Graves (R-MO), Andy Barr (R-KY), Adam Smith (D-WA), Andy Harris (R-MD), Todd Young (R-IN), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Harold Rogers (R-KY) and 26 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr1249 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113