# 114-hr-5232: Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act

114-hr-5232, Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] (D-CT); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5232
- Congress: 114
- Title: Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Introduced: 2016-05-13
- Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] (D-CT)
- Cosponsors: 11
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for: (1) advertising or marketing directed at children (age 14 or under) for food of poor nutritional quality or a brand primarily associated with food of poor nutritional quality; and (2) for related expenses, including for travel, goods or services constituting entertainment, amusement, or recreation, gifts, or other promotion expenses. The Department of the Treasury must enter into a contract with the National Academy of Medicine to develop procedures to evaluate and identify food of poor nutritional quality and brands that are primarily associated with such food. The bill authorizes additional funding to carry out the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.

## Cosponsors (11)

- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2016-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16] (D-CA), 2016-06-28T00:00:00.000Z
- JOHN CONYERS (D-MI), 2016-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] (D-OH), 2016-07-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2016-07-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] (D-RI), 2016-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2016-09-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2016-09-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] (D-FL), 2016-09-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2016-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2016-11-14T00:00:00.000Z

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- 114-hr-5044: Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika virus.
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- 114-hr-4479: Families of Flint Act
- 114-hr-3696: Medicare Premium Fairness Act of 2015
- 114-hr-3381: Childhood Cancer STAR Act
- 114-hr-3337: National Infrastructure Development Bank Act of 2015

## Sources
- [114-hr-5232 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5232)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5232 (as of 2025-11-18).