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.

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Dec 15, 2009

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for expenses related to advertising primarily directed at children to promote the consumption by children of food from any fast food restaurant or of poor nutritional quality. Defines "food of poor nutritional quality" as food that is determined by the Secretary of the Treasury (in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services [HHS] and the Federal Trade Commission [FTC]) to provide calories primarily through fats or added sugars and to have minimal amounts of vitamins and minerals.

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Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] · D–OH

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Ways and Means Committee

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Dec 15, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Dec 15, 2009
Introduced in House
Dec 15, 2009
Introduced in House

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Discuss H.R.4310, 111th Congress: 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.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/4310

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Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr4310/BILLS-111hr4310ih.htm

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Discuss H.R.4310, 111th Congress: 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.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/4310

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2009-12-15.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr4310/BILLS-111hr4310ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-01-02T16:28:37Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Discuss H.R.4310, 111th Congress: 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.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/4310

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2009-12-15.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr4310/BILLS-111hr4310ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-01-02T16:28:37Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Discuss H.R.4310, 111th Congress: 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.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/4310

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2009-12-15.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr4310/BILLS-111hr4310ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-01-02T16:28:37Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

Examine H.R.4310 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.