Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Business, Communications, Consumer education, Consumers, Department of Health and Human Services, Diet, Executive departments, Food, Food labeling, Labeling, Law, Nutrition, Restaurants, Signs and signboards
Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 3/14/2008 S2159) Bill TextA bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to extend the food labeling requirements of the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 to enable customers to make informed choices about the nutritional content of standard menu items in large chain restaurants. 3/13/2008--Introduced. Howard M. Metzenbaum Menu Education and Labeling Act or the MEAL Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to require restaurants that are a part of a chain with 20 or more locations doing business under the same trade name to disclose: (1) in a statement adjacent to each menu item, the number of calories, grams of saturated fat plus trans fat, and milligrams of sodium in a standard food serving; (2) other information designed to enable the public to understand the significance of the nutrition information provided in the context of a total daily diet; (3) that such information shall be provided in writing upon request; and (4) in a statement adjacent to the name of the [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia. Bill TextTo provide for the continued availability of automated stamp vending machines at facilities of the United States Postal Service serving underserved communities, and for other purposes. 3/6/2008--Introduced. Postal Service Access Assurance Act of 2008 - Requires the U.S. Postal Service to ensure that, to the maximum extent practicable, automated stamp vending machines are provided at all facilities which are owned by or under the control of the Postal Service and provide retail services to the public. Exempts automated stamp vending machines in such locations from requirements that business operations conducted by the Postal Service and certain other entities be fully capable of accepting $1 coins.
Also tagged in: Architect of the Capitol, Architecture and the disabled, Budgets, Business, Capitol (Washington, D.C.), Civil service retirement, Concessions, Congress, Congressional agencies, Congressional committees (House), Congressional committees (Senate), Congressional employees, Congressional oversight, Congressional reorganization, Disabled, Education, Employee benefit plans, Employee training, Exhibitions, Food, Food service, Gifts, Government procurement, Higher education, House Administration, Humanities, Job training, Law, Legislation, Licenses, Maintenance and repair, Members of Congress, Pensions, Public contracts, Restaurants, Retail trade, Revolving funds, Scholarships, Security measures, Senate Rules and Administration, Social services, Student loan funds, Tourism, Transfer of employees, Volunteer workers
Latest Action: 10/20/2008 - Signed by President. Bill TextTo establish the Office of the Capitol Visitor Center within the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, headed by the Chief Executive Officer for Visitor Services, to provide for the effective management and administration of the Capitol Visitor Center, and for other purposes. 10/20/2008--Public Law. (There are 4 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on September 27, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Capitol Visitor Center Act of 2008 - Title I: Capitol Visitor Center - (Sec. 101) Designates the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC), and makes it part of the U.S. Capitol. Requires the CVC to be used to: (1) provide enhanced security for persons working in or visiting the U.S. Capitol; and (2) improve the visitor experience by providing a structure that will afford improved visitor orientation and enhance the educational experience of those who have come to learn about [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Alloys, Coins and coinage, Department of the Treasury, Executive departments, Export controls, Finance, Gold, Law, Natural resources, Trade, Weights and measures
Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology. Bill TextTo authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe the weights and the compositions of circulating coins, and for other purposes. 10/24/2007--Introduced. Coin Modernization and Taxpayer Savings Act of 2007 - Revises the discretionary authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe the weight and the composition of the alloy in the one-cent coin. Extends such authority to, and requires the Secretary to prescribe the weight and composition of, the dollar, half-dollar, quarter-dollar, dime, and five-cent coin, as well as the one-cent coin. Cites factors to be considered when prescribing such characteristics, including the effect on vending machines. Repeals current weight requirements for the half-dollar, quarter-dollar, dime, five-cent coin, and the one-cent coin. Specifies the characteristics of $1 coins and gold coins. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe manufacturing tolerances for five-cent and one-cent coins. Repeals specified [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Business, Communications, Consumer education, Consumers, Department of Health and Human Services, Diet, Executive departments, Food, Food labeling, Labeling, Law, Nutrition, Restaurants, Signs and signboards
Latest Action: 10/22/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to extend the food labeling requirements of the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 to enable customers to make informed choices about the nutritional content of standard menu items in large chain restaurants. 10/18/2007--Introduced. Menu Education and Labeling Act or the MEAL Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to require restaurants that are a part of a chain with 20 or more locations doing business under the same trade name to disclose: (1) in a statement adjacent to each menu item, the number of calories, grams of saturated fat plus trans fat, and milligrams of sodium in a standard food serving; (2) other information designed to enable the public to understand the significance of the nutrition information provided in the context of a total daily diet; (3) that such information shall be provided in writing upon request; and (4) in a statement adjacent to the name of the food on a menu board, the [...] show full description
Latest Action: 12/21/2007 - Signed by President. Bill TextTo amend section 5112(p)(1)(A) of title 31, United States Code, to allow an exception from the $1 coin dispensing capability requirement for certain vending machines. 12/21/2007--Public Law. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Revises the requirement that all vending machines operated by federal agencies and instrumentalities accept and dispense $1 coins. Exempts from such dispensing requirement any vending machines that do not receive currency denominations higher than $1.
Also tagged in: Bicycles, Breast feeding, Budgets, Business, Child health, Child nutrition, Children, Cigarettes, Consumer education, Consumers, Diet, Disabled, Drug abuse, Drug therapy, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Employee benefit plans, Executive departments, Family leave, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to health facilities, Fees, Food, Government information, Government publicity, Health policy, Health surveys, Higher education, Hospitals, Income tax, Infants, Juvenile delinquency, Labor, Medicaid, Medical care, Medical research, Medicine, Mental health services, Obesity, Pedestrians, Physical education and training, Physical fitness, Preschool education, Preventive medicine, Restaurants, Salt, School health programs, Science policy, Smoking and youth, Sports, Sports facilities, Tax credits, Tax exclusion, Taxation, Tobacco industry, Traffic accidents and safety, Transportation, Transportation safety, Welfare, Women
Latest Action: 07/24/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Bill TextTo improve the health of Americans and reduce health care costs by reorienting the Nation's health care system toward prevention, wellness, and self care. 6/7/2007--Introduced. Healthy Lifestyles and Prevention America Act or the HeLP America Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to convene a task force on childhood obesity.Provides for: (1) healthy school nutrition environment incentive grants; (2) the establishment of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative to certify a hospital as a baby friendly hospital/center for breastfeeding excellence; and (3) programs to prevent youth problem behaviors.Healthy Workforce Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a wellness program credit for employers; and (2) exclude from an employee's income the fees paid by an employer to an athletic or fitness facility on the employee's behalf.Requires the Secretary to establish a National Advisory [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Bicycles, Breast feeding, Budgets, Business, Child health, Child nutrition, Children, Cigarettes, Consumer education, Consumers, Diet, Disabled, Drug abuse, Drug therapy, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Employee benefit plans, Executive departments, Family leave, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to health facilities, Fees, Food, Government information, Government publicity, Health policy, Health surveys, Higher education, Hospitals, Income tax, Infants, Juvenile delinquency, Labor, Medicaid, Medical care, Medical research, Medicine, Mental health services, Obesity, Pedestrians, Physical education and training, Physical fitness, Preschool education, Preventive medicine, Restaurants, Salt, School health programs, Science policy, Smoking and youth, Sports, Sports facilities, Tax credits, Tax exclusion, Taxation, Tobacco industry, Traffic accidents and safety, Transportation, Transportation safety, Welfare, Women
Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to improve the health of Americans and reduce health care costs by reorienting the Nation's health care system toward prevention, wellness, and self care. 5/9/2007--Introduced. Healthy Lifestyles and Prevention America Act or the HeLP America Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to convene a task force on childhood obesity.Provides for: (1) healthy school nutrition environment incentive grants; (2) the establishment of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative to certify a hospital as a baby friendly hospital/center for breastfeeding excellence; and (3) programs to prevent youth problem behaviors.Healthy Workforce Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a wellness program credit for employers; and (2) exclude from an employee's income the fees paid by an employer to an athletic or fitness facility on the employee's behalf.Requires the Secretary to establish a National Advisory [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Body weight, Child health, Child nutrition, Children, Chronically ill, Department of Agriculture, Diet, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Executive departments, Food, Fund raising, Law, Medical care, Medicine, Obesity, Oils and fats, Salt, School lunch program, Sugar
Latest Action: 06/27/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Bill TextTo amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to improve the nutrition and health of schoolchildren by updating the definition of "food of minimal nutritional value" to conform to current nutrition science and to protect the Federal investment in the national school lunch and breakfast programs. 3/6/2007--Introduced. Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to revise the definition of "food of minimal nutritional value," the sale of which in areas where school meals are sold or eaten is prohibited as a condition for federal funding of school lunch and breakfast programs. Applies such definition (and prohibition) to all food sold outside such programs anywhere on school campuses at any time of the day, with the possible limited exemption of food sold at school fundraisers. Requires the Secretary, when revising such definition, to consider the recommendations [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Body weight, Child health, Child nutrition, Children, Chronically ill, Department of Agriculture, Diet, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Executive departments, Food, Fund raising, Law, Medical care, Medicine, Obesity, Oils and fats, Salt, School lunch program, Sugar
Latest Action: 03/06/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2707-2708) Bill TextA bill to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to improve the nutrition and health of schoolchildren by updating the definition of "food of minimal nutritional value" to conform to current nutrition science and to protect the Federal investment in the national school lunch and breakfast programs. 3/6/2007--Introduced. Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to revise the definition of "food of minimal nutritional value," the sale of which in areas where school meals are sold or eaten is prohibited as a condition for federal funding of school lunch and breakfast programs. Applies such definition (and prohibition) to all food sold outside such programs anywhere on school campuses at any time of the day, with the possible limited exemption of food sold at school fundraisers. Requires the Secretary, when revising such definition, to consider the [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 04/24/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4034-4035) Bill TextTo provide for health care for every American and to control the cost and enhance the quality of the health care system. 2/27/2007--Introduced. American Health Security Act of 2007 - Establishes the State-Based American Health Security Program to provide every U.S. resident who is a U.S. citizen, national, or lawful resident alien with health care services. Requires each participating state to establish a state health security program. Eliminates benefits under: (1) titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act; (2) the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program; and (3) the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS). Requires each state health security program to prohibit the sale of health insurance in that state that duplicates benefits provided under the program. Establishes the American Health Security Standards Board to: (1) develop policies,[...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Child safety, Children, Communications, Consumer education, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Consumer protection, Consumers, Executive departments, Food, Independent regulatory commissions, Law, Product safety, Signs and signboards, Standards, Warning labels
Latest Action: 02/27/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. Bill TextTo authorize the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue a consumer product safety rule to prevent injuries to users of vending machines and entrapment by small children. 2/16/2007--Introduced. Vending Machine Safety Act of 2007 - Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue a consumer product safety standard for the manufacture and installation of vending machines, particularly those using a lever or crane apparatus to dispense a product. Allows such standard to include: (1) a requirement for warning labels or signs relating to the use of such machines to prevent injuries to individuals, including children; and (2) requirements for an emergency release mechanism for opening the machine if the machine has an opening big enough to permit entrapment of a small child.
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