Fit Future Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Fit Future Act would establish the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition in statute. The President would appoint up to 30 members for two-year terms and could designate chairs and vice chairs. Members would serve without compensation, although they could receive travel reimbursement and per diem when funds are available.
The council would advise the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services and recommend strategies for reestablishing an improved Presidential Fitness Test as the main assessment for a Presidential Fitness Award. It would also recommend school-based physical education challenges, youth fitness goals, sports and military-readiness campaigns, and partnerships with athletes, sports organizations, player associations, nonprofits, and community groups. Its recommendations would address childhood obesity, chronic disease, sedentary lifestyles, workforce readiness, and military readiness.
The President would designate an executive director to manage the council and coordinate with HHS, federal agencies, athletic institutions, and community partners. Federal departments and agencies would furnish requested information and assistance when permitted by law and funds are available. HHS would provide administrative, technical, and funding support subject to appropriations. The council could receive funds from the National Foundation on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition, create presidentially approved subcommittees, and would terminate on a date chosen by the President.
The bill does not itself require schools or students to administer or take a fitness test, set a binding fitness standard, pay council members a salary, or provide a specific appropriation. Those program changes would begin as council recommendations and would remain subject to other legal and funding authorities.
Who Benefits and How
Children and adolescents may gain more coordinated opportunities for sports, physical education, nutrition, and fitness recognition. Schools, community fitness programs, athletic organizations, nonprofits, and military-readiness planners may gain a federal forum for partnerships and national campaigns. The President and HHS gain a standing body for advice on youth health and readiness policy.
Who Bears the Burden and How
HHS must provide administrative and technical support and any available funding required by the council. Federal departments and agencies must furnish lawful, funded information and assistance when requested. The executive director and unpaid council members must manage meetings, recommendations, partnerships, and advisory-committee compliance. Any travel reimbursement and program support must come from available appropriations or permitted foundation funding.
Key Provisions
- Establishes a President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition of up to 30 members.
- Directs recommendations for an improved Presidential Fitness Test and award.
- Directs strategies for youth fitness, school programs, sports, nutrition, and readiness.
- Requires a presidentially designated executive director to manage council operations.
- Requires lawful, funded information and assistance from federal agencies.
- Requires HHS support subject to appropriations and permits foundation funding.
- Authorizes subcommittees and lets the President designate the termination date.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Establish a presidential advisory council to recommend and coordinate federal strategies for youth sports, physical fitness, nutrition, and a renewed Presidential Fitness Test.
Key Policy Areas
Public Health, Youth Fitness, Federal Advisory Committees, Military Readiness
Primary Purpose
Establish a presidential advisory council to recommend and coordinate federal strategies for youth sports, physical fitness, nutrition, and a renewed Presidential Fitness Test.
Policy Domains
Section 2 - President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition
Identified Gains
- American youth participating in sports and fitness programs
- Schools considering voluntary physical education challenges
- Community fitness organizations forming federal partnerships
- Military readiness planners addressing youth health trends
- Federal health officials receiving coordinated policy advice
Identified Costs
- HHS administrators supporting council operations
- Federal agencies furnishing requested information
- Council members serving without compensation
- Council executive director coordinating partnerships
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: …
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Mr. Mackenzie introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Council members serving without compensation, Federal agencies furnishing requested information, HHS administrators supporting council operations
Positive-direction: Military readiness planners addressing youth health trends
Negative-direction: Council members serving without compensation, Federal agencies furnishing requested information, HHS administrators supporting council operations
Community fitness organizations forming federal partnerships
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "hhs"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
- "youth"
- → American children and adolescents
- "council"
- → President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition
- "partners"
- → Athletic institutions, sports organizations, nonprofits, and community groups
- "president"
- → President of the United States
- "federal_agencies"
- → Executive departments and federal agencies
- "executive_director"
- → Presidentially designated council executive director
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Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
The President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition established by section 2, consisting of no more than 30 presidential appointees.
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