Simpson backs effort to codify Trump’s reintroduced Presidential Fitness Test for American students

Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson announced he is cosponsoring a bill to permanently establish the Presidential Fitness Test in national schools, as the program begins to roll out in states like Mississippi and Virginia for the 2025-2026 school year.

On Monday, Nov. 17, Congressman Simpson publicly joined the effort to codify President Trump's June 2025 executive order, which reestablished the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition and the corresponding fitness assessment. The executive order aims to counter rising national rates of "obesity, chronic disease, inactivity, and poor nutrition" among American children by fostering "a new generation of healthy, active citizens."