About the bill
H.R. 772 amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act to clarify the information certain retail food chain establishments, with 20 or more locations, must disclose about nutrition to the consumer to prevent overly burdensome regulations for certain establishments, such as convenience stores, supermarkets, grocery stores and pizza restaurants, and to provide flexibility in how restaurants display calorie information.
Specifically, the bill allows retail food establishments where the majority of orders are placed by customers who are off-premises at the time such order is placed, such as pizza restaurants, to disclose nutritional information on a remote-access menu (such as a menu available on the Internet) as the sole method of disclosure instead of on-premises writings. The bill also eliminates criminal penalties and allows restaurants and retailers to take corrective action, …
Sponsor and status
Cathy Anne McMorris Rodgers
Sponsor. Representative for Washington's 5th congressional district. Republican.
115th Congress (2017–2019)
This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on February 6, 2018 but was never passed by the Senate.
Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).
86 Cosponsors (80 Republicans, 6 Democrats)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“McMorris Rodgers’s Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act Passes House”
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Rep. Cathy Anne McMorris Rodgers [R-WA5]
(Sponsor)
on Feb 6, 2018
“Cramer: house passes the common sense nutrition disclosure act”
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Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]
(Co-sponsor)
on Feb 6, 2018
“THIS WEEK IN CONGRESS - Workforce Act puts US workers first”
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Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]
on Feb 11, 2018
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What stakeholders are saying
History
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Mar 19, 2013
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Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 1249 (113th). |
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Feb 12, 2016
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Earlier Version —
Passed House (Senate next)
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 2017 (114th). |
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Jan 31, 2017
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Introduced
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Jun 9, 2017
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Considered by Health
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Jul 27, 2017
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Ordered Reported
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Jan 8, 2018
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Reported by House Committee on Energy and Commerce
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Feb 6, 2018
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Passed House (Senate next)
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H.R. 772 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 772. This is the one from the 115th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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