This bill would create the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. The Council would have up to 30 members appointed by the President who serve two-year terms and may be reappointed. The Council would advise the President and recommend actions to reestablish the Presidential Fitness Test as the main assessment for a Presidential Fitness Award, promote school-based fitness challenges and physical education, expand sports and fitness opportunities, set bold youth fitness goals, run campaigns and events, and address childhood obesity and related health issues that the bill describes as a national security concern. The President would name an Executive Director to run day-to-day work. The Secretary of Health and Human Services would provide funding and administrative support as allowed by appropriations. Members serve without pay but may receive travel reimbursement. The Council would terminate two years after enactment unless the President extends it. The bill also allows amounts appropriated to the Presidential Youth Fitness Program to be used to establish the Presidential Fitness Test in schools.
No publicly available information on total costs or specific appropriations amounts. The bill says the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide funding and administrative support "subject to appropriations," and that members may receive travel reimbursement. It also allows existing amounts for the Presidential Youth Fitness Program to be used to establish the Presidential Fitness Test in schools.
The bill text says the Council should recommend restoring the Presidential Fitness Test with improvements, expand school-based fitness programs and sports participation, set ambitious fitness goals for youth, run campaigns that promote fitness and nutrition, and address childhood obesity and related health issues as threats to future workforce and military readiness.
No publicly available information.