,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bhia  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bb1 #bjai,mr4  
,kind 7for himself and ,mr4 ,mc,kinley7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide   
for the publication by the ,secretary of
 ,health and ,human ,services of        
physical activity recommendations for   
,americans4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,physical          
,activities ,recommendations for        
,americans ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,physical
 activity recommendations for ,americans
  7a7 ,reports  7#a7 ,in general ,not   
later than ,december #ca1 #bjbj1 and at 
least every #aj years thereafter1 the   
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services 7referred to in this section  
as the ,secretary7 shall publish a      
report that provides physical activity  
recommendations for the people of the   
,united ,states4 ,each such report shall
 contain physical activity information  

and recommendations for consideration   
and use by the general public1 and shall
 be considered1 as applicable and       
appropriate1 by relevant ,federal       
agencies in carrying out relevant       
,federal health programs4  7#b7 ,basis  
of recommendations ,the information     
contained in each report required under 
paragraph 7#a7 shall be based on the    
most current evidence-based scientific  
and medical knowledge at the time the   
report is prepared1 and shall include   
additional information for population   
subgroups1 such as children or          
individuals with disabilities1 if       
scientific and medical evidence         
indicates that physical activity        
recommendations vary in such a manner   
that such stratification is warranted4  
7#c7 ,update reports ,not later than #e 
years after the publication of the first
 report under paragraph 7#a71 and every 
#aj years thereafter1 the ,secretary    
shall publish an update report detailing
 evidence-based practices and           

highlighting continuing issues with     
respect to physical activity4 ,the      
contents of reports under this paragraph
 may focus on a particular group1       
subsection1 or other division of the    
general public or on a particular issue 
relating to physical activity4  7b7     
,interaction with other recommendations 
,federal agencies proposing to issue    
physical activity recommendations that  
differ from the recommendations in the  
most recent report published under      
subsection 7a77#a7 shall submit such    
proposed recommendations to the         
,secretary for review1 and as           
appropriate1 approval1 to ensure that   
such recommendations are either         
consistent with the physical activity   
recommendations published under such    
subsection or based on the most current 
evidence-based scientific and medical   
knowledge4  7c7 ,existing authority not 
affected ,this section is not intended  
to limit the support of biomedical      
research by any ,federal agency or to   

limit the presentation or communication 
of scientific or medical findings or    
review of such findings by any ,federal 
agency4