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H.R. 2017: Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2015

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H.R. 2017: Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-04-23 · Health · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-04-23 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 3 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 79 (2016): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR2017 (2016-02-12), Agreed to. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.

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Official title

Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2015

Plain summary

Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise the nutritional information that chain restaurants and retail food establishments must disclose. The nutrient content disclosure statement on the menu or menu board must include: (1) the number of calories contained in the whole menu item; (2) the number of servings and number of calories per serving; or (3) the number of calories per common unit of the item, such as for a multi-serving item that is typically divided before presentation to the consumer. Nutritional information may be provided solely by a remote-access menu (e.g., an Internet menu) for food establishments where the majority of orders are placed by customers who are off premises. Establishments with self-serve food may comply with the requirements for restaurants or place signs with nutritional information adjacent to each food item. Reasonable variations in the actual nutrient content of items are permissible, including variations in serving size or ingredients or variations due to inadvertent human error. Establishments with standard menu items that come in different flavors, varieties, or combinations, that are listed as a single menu item can determine and disclose nutritional information using specified methods or methods allowed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Regulations pursuant to this Act cannot take effect earlier than two years after final regulations are promulgated. The FDA must give establishments in violation of nutritional labeling requirements 90 days to correct violations. The FDA may no longer allow states or localities to vary from federal nutritional labeling requirements for chain restaurants. (Sec. 3) Restaurants and retail food establishments are not liable in a civil action for claims regarding federal or state nutritional labeling requirements unless the action is brought by the United States or a state.

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Official text

Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] · 99 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2017, Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2015 (2016-02-01)

Cosponsors on this site

Steve Womack (R-AR), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Sam Graves (R-MO), John R. Moolenaar (R-MI), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Steve Scalise (R-LA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Adam Smith (D-WA), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Andy Barr (R-KY), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Harold Rogers (R-KY), Frank D. Lucas (R-OK), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Robert E. Latta (R-OH) and 39 more.

Recorded votes

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr2017 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114