IMPACT Act

To establish grants to provide health services for improved nutrition, increased physical activity, obesity and eating disorder prevention, and for other purposes.

6/12/2007--Introduced.
Improved Nutrition and Physical Activity Act or the IMPACT Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to expand an existing grant program for training for health profession students to include the treatment of individuals who are overweight, obese, or have eating disorders. Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for the training of primary care physicians and other health professions on how to identify, treat, and prevent obesity or eating disorders and aid individuals who are overweight or obese or who suffer from eating disorders. Requires the Secretary, acting though the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to award grants for the planning and implementation of programs that promote healthy eating behaviors and physical activity. Allows the Secretary, acting through the National Center for Health Statistics, to provide for the collection and analysis of data for determining the fitness levels and energy expenditures of children and data collected as part of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Requires the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to review the research to determine if the information might be important for the health disparities report. Permits states to use preventive health and health services block grants for activities and community education programs designed to address and prevent obesity and eating disorders. Requires the Secretary to report to the relevant congressional committees on:
(1) the causes and health implications of being overweight, obese, or having an eating disorder; and
(2) the effectiveness of campaigns to change children's behaviors and reduce obesity.


... morehide bill summary

Sponsor

• Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R, CA-45]
• and 63 Co-Sponsors
  • Thomas Allen
  • Rep. Michael Arcuri [D, NY-24]
  • Rep. Tammy Baldwin [D, WI-2]
  • Rep. Jo Bonner [R, AL-1]
  • Rep. Frederick Boucher [D, VA-9]
  • Nancy Boyda
  • Rep. Bruce Braley [D, IA-1]
  • Rep. George Butterfield [D, NC-1]
  • Rep. Ken Calvert [R, CA-44]
  • Rep. Lois Capps [D, CA-23]
  • Rep. André Carson [D, IN-7]
  • Rep. Michael Castle [R, DE-0]
  • Rep. Kathy Castor [D, FL-11]
  • Rep. Ben Chandler [D, KY-6]
  • Rep. William Clay [D, MO-1]
  • Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
  • Rep. Peter DeFazio [D, OR-4]
  • Rep. William Delahunt [D, MA-10]
  • Rep. John Duncan [R, TN-2]
  • Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14]
  • Michael Ferguson
  • Rep. Bob Filner [D, CA-51]
  • Luis Fortuño
  • Rep. Barney Frank [D, MA-4]
  • Rep. Jim Gerlach [R, PA-6]
  • Paul Gillmor
  • Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D, TX-20]
  • Rep. Barton Gordon [D, TN-6]
  • Rep. Kay Granger [R, TX-12]
  • Rep. Raymond Green [D, TX-29]
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
  • Rep. Alcee Hastings [D, FL-23]
  • Rep. Rubén Hinojosa [D, TX-15]
  • Darlene Hooley
  • William Jefferson
  • Bobby Jindal
  • Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D, RI-1]
  • Rep. Ronald Kind [D, WI-3]
  • Ray LaHood
  • Rep. James Langevin [D, RI-2]
  • Rep. Steven LaTourette [R, OH-14]
  • Rep. Nita Lowey [D, NY-18]
  • Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R, MI-11]
  • Rep. John McHugh [R, NY-23]
  • Rep. Mike McIntyre [D, NC-7]
  • Michael McNulty
  • Rep. Gregory Meeks [D, NY-6]
  • Rep. Michael Michaud [D, ME-2]
  • Rep. Brad Miller [D, NC-13]
  • Rep. Grace Napolitano [D, CA-38]
  • Rep. John Olver [D, MA-1]
  • Rep. Donald Payne [D, NJ-10]
  • Rep. Earl Pomeroy [D, ND-0]
  • Rep. David Price [D, NC-4]
  • James Ramstad
  • Rep. Harold Rogers [R, KY-5]
  • Rep. Steven Rothman [D, NJ-9]
  • Rep. Adam Schiff [D, CA-29]
  • Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D, PA-13]
  • Christopher Shays
  • Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D, NH-1]
  • David Weldon
  • Rep. Edward Whitfield [R, KY-1]
  close

Committees

• House Energy and Commerce
• 1 more
  • House Energy and Commerce
  close

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.2677

Number	Status	Purpose

Bill Status

Make a Bill Status Widget

	OpenCongress widgets allow you to display information about bills and issue areas on your own website or blog. First, select which bill or issue you want to track, then customize the appearance of the panel, and finally paste a simple chunk of HTML into your site. Now your community will have an easy, up-to-date way to track the status of important bills and issues in Congress.

Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
June 12, 2007

Show All Actions (3 actions)Hide Actions

All Bill Actions

• Introduced on Jun 12, 2007.
• Jun 12, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
• Jun 12, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

---

Related Issue Areas:

• Medicine
• Access to health care
• Aged
• Agriculture
• 126 more
• Authorization
• Bicycles
• Block grants
• Budgets
• Business
• Cardiovascular diseases
• Child health
• Child nutrition
• Children
• Chronically ill
• Civil rights
• Clinics
• Communication in medicine
• Communications
• Community health services
• Congress
• Congressional reporting requirements
• Corporations
• Curricula
• Day care
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Depressed areas
• Diabetes
• Disabled
• Eating disorders
• Economic policy
• Education
• Electronic government information
• Elementary and secondary education
• Elementary education
• Employee training
• Ethnic relations
• Evaluation research (Social action programs)
• Exercise
• Families
• Family medicine
• Federal aid to Indians
• Federal aid to child health services
• Federal aid to education
• Federal aid to health facilities
• Federal aid to research
• Food
• Food relief
• Food service
• Fruit
• Geriatrics
• Government information
• Government paperwork
• Government publicity
• Governmental investigations
• Grants-in-aid
• Grocery trade
• Health counseling
• Health education
• Health planning
• Health policy
• Health surveys
• Hereditary diseases
• Higher education
• Hospitals
• Human behavior
• Hunger
• Indian medical care
• Indians
• Internet
• Job training
• Labor
• Language and languages
• Lifestyle
• Marketing
• Medical care
• Medical education
• Medical research
• Medical residents
• Medical screening
• Medical statistics
• Medicare
• Mental health
• Minorities
• Minority health
• Nonprofit organizations
• Nursing homes
• Nutrition
• Obesity
• Occupational health and safety
• Parent and child
• Pediatrics
• Physical education and training
• Physical fitness
• Prejudice
• Preventive medicine
• Public health administration
• Public service advertising
• Public-private partnerships
• Quality of care
• Quality of life
• Recreation
• Recreation centers
• Research grants
• Rural affairs
• Rural health
• School health programs
• School lunch program
• School personnel
• School-age child care
• Science policy
• Secondary education
• Social services
• Sports
• State and local government
• Stress (Psychology)
• Students
• Sunset legislation
• Teacher education
• Technology
• Telecommunication
• Teleconferencing
• Trails
• Transportation
• Urban affairs
• Vegetables
• Volunteer workers
• Walking
• Web sites
• Weight loss
• Welfare

Data from the Congressional Research Service

Users tracking H.R.2677 (3) are also tracking:

Show More User Statistics... Hide User Statistics

In the News

June 13, 2007 Girl Scouts and Bono Join Forces to Support Children's Health

... forces today on the issue of children's health by urging Congress to support the Improved Nutrition and Physical Activity Act (IMPACT Act), HR 2677. ...

Was this article useful? Yes or No

Source: Earthtimes.org

Did you find this article useful? Your opinion counts - together, we're finding the very best news and blog coverage about Congress available on the web.

See most useful news articles

Information made available by:

Blog Coverage

October 08, 2008 Private Grants Chronically Ill Children

WashingtonWatch.com - HR 2677, The IMPACT Act ... grants, Budgets, Business, Cardiovascular diseases, Child health, Child ... Chronically ill, Civil rights, Clinics, Communication in medicine, ... Mental Health Grants Program ...

Was this article useful? Yes or No

Source: Alissa

Did you find this article useful? Your opinion counts - together, we're finding the very best news and blog coverage about Congress available on the web.

June 11, 2008 Junkfood Science: Doing our best to save children

So, it was disturbing to hear that this week it is sponsoring a panel to brief legislators on the “growing U.S. childhood obesity epidemic” and to lobby for H.R. 2677, the Improved Nutrition and Physical Activity (IMPACT) Act. This ...

Was this article useful? Yes or No

Source: Junkfood Science

Did you find this article useful? Your opinion counts - together, we're finding the very best news and blog coverage about Congress available on the web.

June 09, 2008 Childhood Obesity Epidemic in US to Be Focus of Capitol Hill Panel ...

... risks for poor rural populations, such as those served by Save the Children's US Programs. Panelists will also discuss HR 2677, the Improved Nutrition and Physical Activity (IMPACT) Act, which addresses childhood obesity.

Was this article useful? Yes or No

Source: emediaworld.com General News

Did you find this article useful? Your opinion counts - together, we're finding the very best news and blog coverage about Congress available on the web.

8 more posts...
See most useful blog posts

Information made available by: