VotedBy VotedBy ⌕
Election Day · Tue, Nov 3See how your members of Congress voted →

S. 2445 · 114th Congress

A bill to improve the effectiveness and coordination of nutrition education.

Key: what the circles and colors mean

Each circle is a bill. The ring fills as it moves through Congress:

IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law (gold)Resolution agreed to (full, dark)Failed or vetoed (gray)

Under the number: the Yea · Nay count of its final (or latest) recorded vote. On a member's page, the small badge is how that member voted: Y Yea / Aye, N Nay / No, P Present, – Not voting.

Gold and violet are only for Yea and Nay; they never mean a party. A member's party is the letter on their photo.

Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 114th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

1 cosponsor · 1 R

1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to study and report to Congress on state administrative expense funds, including:

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jan 19, 2016

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to study and report to Congress on state administrative expense funds, including:

  • the use of the funds by state agencies;
  • policies, practices, and training methods being implemented using the funds;
  • factors that interfere with the ability of a state agency to use the funds effectively; and
  • ways the funds are being used to encourage the implementation of effective and consistent school nutrition workforce training and technical assistance.

USDA's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion must study and report to Congress on the effectiveness and level of coordination between nutrition education in the child nutrition programs and other federal programs that include nutrition education.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: A bill to improve the effectiveness and coordination of nutrition education.

Latest action (Jan 19, 2016): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Policy area: Agriculture and Food · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jan 19, 2016

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.