LIFE Act

Summary

Promoting Healthier Lifelong Improvements in Food and Exercise Act or the LIFE Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to carry out a national program to conduct and support activities regarding individuals who are overweight or obese in order to make progress toward the goal of significantly reducing obesity in the United States. Requires such activities to include: (1) training health professionals, (2) educating the public, and (3) developing and demonstrating intervention strategies for use at worksites and in community settings.

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Timeline

1. 9 June 2014

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 9 June 2014

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E921-922)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 9 June 2014

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 9 June 2014

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

5. 13 June 2014

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 9 June 2014 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 9 June 2014

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 9 June 2014

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 9 June 2014

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Sponsors

• Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · D · Sponsor
• · hsif00 · Standing

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