Should Congress give the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition statutory authority?
Fit Future Act (H.R. 9723)
The President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition would get authority in law, with a job to recommend youth fitness goals and school programs.
- Requires the council to recommend fitness goals for youth and ways to reward excellence in physical education
- Requires recommendations on bringing back the Presidential Fitness Test, which sets age- and gender-based benchmarks
- Has the Department of Health and Human Services provide funding and administrative and technical support