House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect children's health by denying any deduction for advertising and marketing directed at children to promote the consumption of food at fast food restaurants or of food of poor nutritional quality.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 15, 2009
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Latest action: Dec 15, 2009 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
28 cosponsors — 28 Democrats
0 of 28 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Donna Christensen (D-VI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), John Conyers (D-MI), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Bob Filner (D-CA), Alan Grayson (D-FL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Phil Hare (D-IL), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Steve Kagen (D-WI), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Gwen Moore (D-WI), James Moran (D-VA), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Diane Watson (D-CA), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dennis Kucinich.
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- H.J.Res. 26 (111th) Proclaiming Casimir Pulaski to be an honorary citizen of the United States posthumously.
- H.R. 808 (111th) Department of Peace Act
- H.R. 2850 (111th) Administrative Law Judges Retirement Act of 2009
- H.Con.Res. 248 (111th) Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan.
- H.R. 5577 (111th) Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.