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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. CON. RES. 20
5	5	Establishing the Congressional Fitness Challenge, and for other purposes.
6	6	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
7	7	MARCH24, 2025
8	8	Mr. H
9	9	AMADEHof Arizona submitted the following concurrent resolution;
10	10	which was referred to the Committee on House Administration
11	11	CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
12	12	Establishing the Congressional Fitness Challenge, and for
13	13	other purposes.
14	14	Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 1
15	15	concurring), 2
16	16	SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL FITNESS CHALLENGE. 3
17	17	There is established a national recognition program, 4
18	18	to be known as the Congressional Fitness Challenge (in 5
19	19	this concurrent resolution referred to as the ‘‘Challenge’’), 6
20	20	to promote physical fitness and personal achievement 7
21	21	among eligible participants through voluntary, perform-8
22	22	ance-based fitness tests. 9
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26	26	SEC. 2. TESTS. 1
27	27	The Challenge shall be comprised of the following 2
28	28	tests to be administered to eligible participants: 3
29	29	(1) 1-mile run or walk, which shall be assessed 4
30	30	based on the time taken to run or walk 1 mile. 5
31	31	(2) Pull-ups or flexed arm hang, which shall be 6
32	32	assessed based on the maximum number of contin-7
33	33	uous pull-ups or flexed arm hangs completed with 8
34	34	proper form. 9
35	35	(3) Curl-ups or sit-ups, which shall be assessed 10
36	36	based on the number of curl-ups or sit-ups com-11
37	37	pleted in 60 seconds. 12
38	38	(4) Shuttle run, which shall be assessed based 13
39	39	on the time taken to run 30 feet back and forth be-14
40	40	tween 2 parallel lines, picking up a block of wood or 15
41	41	similar object twice at 1 such line, for a total of 120 16
42	42	feet. 17
43	43	(5) Sit-and-reach, which shall be assessed based 18
44	44	on the maximum distance reached. 19
45	45	SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATION OF CHALLENGE. 20
46	46	(a) C
47	47	HALLENGESPONSORS.—The following entities 21
48	48	may sponsor the Challenge: 22
49	49	(1) A public or private school that provides edu-23
50	50	cation in any grade from kindergarten through 24
51	51	grade 12. 25
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55	55	(2) A Member of the House of Representatives 1
56	56	or Senator who organizes a community-based event. 2
57	57	(3) An independent entity that provides testing 3
58	58	for an eligible participant that attends a home 4
59	59	school. 5
60	60	(b) T
61	61	ESTADMINISTRATORS.—The tests under sec-6
62	62	tion 2 shall be administered by a certified fitness profes-7
63	63	sional. 8
64	64	SEC. 4. BENCHMARKS. 9
65	65	(a) I
66	66	NGENERAL.—The covered committees shall con-10
67	67	sult with fitness organizations or certified fitness profes-11
68	68	sionals to finalize and publish benchmarks that set a per-12
69	69	formance standard for each test under section 2 based on 13
70	70	age and gender. In finalizing such benchmarks, such com-14
71	71	mittees shall take into account the historical standards 15
72	72	used in the Presidential Physical Fitness Test. 16
73	73	(b) A
74	74	DAPTIVESTANDARDS.—Such benchmarks shall 17
75	75	include adaptive standards for eligible participants with 18
76	76	disabilities. 19
77	77	SEC. 5. DATA COLLECTION. 20
78	78	(a) I
79	79	NGENERAL.—An entity sponsoring the Chal-21
80	80	lenge under section 3(a) shall submit to the covered com-22
81	81	mittees the data of all eligible participants who participate 23
82	82	in the Challenge sponsored by such entity. 24
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86	86	(b) DATAAGGREGATION.—The covered committees 1
87	87	shall aggregate such data based on the gender and age 2
88	88	group of such participants across the United States for 3
89	89	each 1-year period. 4
90	90	SEC. 6. RECOGNITION. 5
91	91	(a) I
92	92	NGENERAL.—An eligible participant who per-6
93	93	forms at or above the benchmarks under section 4 in the 7
94	94	gender and age group of such participant for each test 8
95	95	under section 2 may receive a certificate that is signed 9
96	96	by— 10
97	97	(1) the Speaker of the House of Representa-11
98	98	tives; 12
99	99	(2) the President pro tempore of the Senate; 13
100	100	(3) the Member of the House of Representa-14
101	101	tives who represents the congressional district in 15
102	102	which such participant resides; and 16
103	103	(4) the Senator of the State in which such par-17
104	104	ticipant resides. 18
105	105	(b) R
106	106	ECOGNITIONLEVELS.—For an eligible partici-19
107	107	pant who performs at or above the following percentiles 20
108	108	in the gender and age group of such participant for each 21
109	109	test under section 2, a certificate under subsection (a) 22
110	110	shall indicate the lowest recognition level achieved on any 23
111	111	such test as follows: 24
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115	115	(1) Gold level: Top 85th percentile of eligible 1
116	116	participants who participated in the Challenge. 2
117	117	(2) Silver level: Top 75th percentile of eligible 3
118	118	participants who participated in the Challenge. 4
119	119	(3) Bronze level: Top 50th percentile of eligible 5
120	120	participants who participated in the Challenge. 6
121	121	SEC. 7. ADMINISTRATION AND OVERSIGHT. 7
122	122	(a) R
123	123	EGULATIONS AND GUIDANCE.—The covered 8
124	124	committees shall jointly— 9
125	125	(1) prescribe regulations to oversee the Chal-10
126	126	lenge, including— 11
127	127	(A) testing protocols; 12
128	128	(B) mechanisms to report any information 13
129	129	needed for recognition under section 6 to the 14
130	130	Member of the House of Representatives who 15
131	131	represents the congressional district in which an 16
132	132	eligible participant resides and the Senator of 17
133	133	the State in which such participant resides; 18
134	134	(C) regulations to protect the privacy of el-19
135	135	igible participants who participate in the Chal-20
136	136	lenge and address the liability risks of sponsors 21
137	137	under section 3(a); and 22
138	138	(D) uniform standards for submitting data 23
139	139	to the covered committees under section 5; and 24
140	140	(2) issue guidance on the use of— 25
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144	144	(A) a Members’ Representational Allow-1
145	145	ance by a Member of the House of Representa-2
146	146	tives under subsection (b); and 3
147	147	(B) a Senators’ Official Personnel and Of-4
148	148	fice Expense Account by a Senator under sub-5
149	149	section (b). 6
150	150	(b) F
151	151	UNDINGSOURCES.— 7
152	152	(1) I
153	153	N GENERAL.— 8
154	154	(A) M
155	155	EMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL AL -9
156	156	LOWANCE.—A Member of the House of Rep-10
157	157	resentatives may use amounts provided under 11
158	158	the Members’ Representational Allowance of 12
159	159	such Member under section 101 of the House 13
160	160	of Representatives Administrative Reform Tech-14
161	161	nical Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 5341) to carry 15
162	162	out activities related to the Challenge. 16
163	163	(B) S
164	164	ENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND 17
165	165	OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT .—A Senator may 18
166	166	use amounts provided under the Senators’ Offi-19
167	167	cial Personnel and Office Expense Account of 20
168	168	such Senator under the first section of Public 21
169	169	Law 100–137 (2 U.S.C. 6313) to carry out ac-22
170	170	tivities related to the Challenge. 23
171	171	(2) A
172	172	LTERNATIVE FUNDING .—Not later than 1 24
173	173	year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 25
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177	177	Subcommittees on the Legislative Branch of the 1
178	178	Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-2
179	179	resentatives and the Senate shall publish a report on 3
180	180	the feasibility and desirability of using other funds 4
181	181	of the House of Representatives and Senate in cov-5
182	182	ering expenses incurred in carrying out the Chal-6
183	183	lenge. 7
184	184	SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS. 8
185	185	In this concurrent resolution: 9
186	186	(1) C
187	187	ERTIFIED FITNESS PROFESSIONAL .—The 10
188	188	term ‘‘certified fitness professional’’ means a fitness 11
189	189	professional with a relevant certification, as deter-12
190	190	mined by a sponsor under section 3(a), such as— 13
191	191	(A) a physical education teacher at a pub-14
192	192	lic or private school that provides education in 15
193	193	a grade from kindergarten through grade 12, 16
194	194	but only with respect to eligible participants 17
195	195	who are in an age group for which such teacher 18
196	196	is qualified to administer the tests under sec-19
197	197	tion 2; or 20
198	198	(B) a physical trainer with a certification 21
199	199	from the National Academy of Sports Medicine, 22
200	200	the American Council on Exercise, or a similar 23
201	201	entity. 24
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205	205	(2) COVERED COMMITTEES .—The term ‘‘cov-1
206	206	ered committees’’ means the Committee on House 2
207	207	Administration of the House of Representatives and 3
208	208	the Committee on Rules and Administration of the 4
209	209	Senate. 5
210	210	(3) E
211	211	LIGIBLE PARTICIPANT.—The term ‘‘eligi-6
212	212	ble participant’’ means a student, including a stu-7
213	213	dent attending a public, private, or home school, 8
214	214	aged 6 through 17. 9
215	215	(4) M
216	216	EMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA -10
217	217	TIVES.—The term ‘‘Member of the House of Rep-11
218	218	resentatives’’ means a Representative in, or a Dele-12
219	219	gate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress. 13
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