HR6604-119

What This Bill Does

The Presidential Fitness Test Act of 2025 establishes the President Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition with up to 30 presidentially appointed members serving two-year terms. The Council must advise the President and recommend strategies to reestablish the Presidential Fitness Test, improve the Presidential Fitness Award, promote Presidential challenges and school-based programs, expand sports and physical-fitness participation at global, national, state, and local levels, set ambitious youth fitness goals, run campaigns and events tied to sports, military readiness, and health traditions, and partner with athletes, sports organizations, player associations, influential figures, nonprofits, and community groups. The President designates an Executive Director, federal agencies must provide information and assistance as permitted by law and funding, HHS supplies funding plus administrative and technical support subject to appropriations, the Council may form subcommittees, the seal is modified, and the Council terminates after two years unless extended by the President. Funds for the Presidential Youth Fitness Program may be used to establish the Presidential Fitness Test in schools.

Who Benefits and How

Students and school-based physical education programs benefit if the Presidential Fitness Test and related awards revive participation goals, recognition, and national attention. Youth fitness advocates, sports organizations, professional athletes, nonprofits, and community groups benefit from a federal platform for fitness campaigns and partnerships. Military-readiness and public-health stakeholders benefit if the Council focuses attention on childhood obesity, chronic disease, sedentary lifestyles, and workforce readiness.

Who Bears the Burden and How

HHS bears administrative, technical, and funding support duties, subject to appropriations. Federal agencies must furnish information and assistance when requested. Council members serve without compensation but may receive travel reimbursement, and an Executive Director must manage operations and interagency engagement. Schools that adopt the Presidential Fitness Test may need staff time, physical education planning, data collection, and student-participation logistics.

Key Provisions

• Establishes a President Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition with up to 30 presidentially appointed members.
• Requires recommendations on reestablishing the Presidential Fitness Test and promoting school-based physical fitness programs.
• Requires strategies for youth fitness goals, sports participation, military readiness, health campaigns, and partnerships with athletes, nonprofits, and community groups.
• Requires HHS administrative and technical support, permits travel reimbursement, and terminates the Council after two years unless extended.
• Allows Presidential Youth Fitness Program appropriations to be used to establish the Presidential Fitness Test in schools.