7 U.S.C. § 5301 — Congressional statement of purposes

Page 1744 TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE § 5301 Sec. 5332. Functions of Council. SUBCHAPTER III—DIETARY GUIDANCE 5341. Establishment of dietary guidelines. 5342. Nutrition training report. § 5301. Congressional statement of purposes The purposes of this chapter are to— (1) make more effective use of Federal and State expenditures for nutrition monitoring, and enhance the performance and benefits of current Federal nutrition monitoring and re- lated research activities; (2) establish and facilitate the timely imple- mentation of a coordinated National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program, and thereby provide a scientific basis for the maintenance and improvement of the nutri- tional status of the people of the United States and the nutritional quality (including, but not limited to, nutritive and nonnutritive content) of food consumed in the United States; (3) establish and implement a comprehensive plan for the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program to assess, on a continuing basis, the dietary and nutritional status of the people of the United States and the trends with respect to such status, the state of the art with respect to nutrition mon- itoring and related research, future moni- toring and related research priorities, and the relevant policy implications; (4) establish and improve the quality of na- tional nutritional and health status data and related data bases and networks, and stimu- late research necessary to develop uniform in- dicators, standards, methodologies, tech- nologies, and procedures for nutrition moni- toring; (5) establish a central Federal focus for the coordination, management, and direction of Federal nutrition monitoring activities; (6) establish mechanisms for addressing the nutrition monitoring needs of Federal, State, and local governments, the private sector, sci- entific and engineering communities, health care professionals, and the public in support of the foregoing purposes; and (7) provide for the conduct of such scientific research and development as may be necessary or appropriate in support of such purposes. (Pub. L. 101–445, § 2, Oct. 22, 1990, 104 Stat. 1034.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SHORT TITLE Pub. L. 101–445, § 1, Oct. 22, 1990, 104 Stat. 1034, pro- vided that: ‘‘This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘National Nutrition Monitoring and Re- lated Research Act of 1990’.’’ § 5302. Definitions As used in this chapter— (1) the term ‘‘comprehensive plan’’ means the comprehensive plan prepared under sec- tion 5313 of this title; (2) the term ‘‘coordinated program’’ means the National Nutrition Monitoring and Re- lated Research Program established by section 5311(a) of this title; (3) the terms ‘‘Interagency Board for Nutri- tion Monitoring and Related Research’’ and ‘‘Board’’ mean the Federal coordinating body established by section 5311(c) of this title; (4) the term ‘‘Joint Implementation Plan for a Comprehensive National Nutrition Moni- toring System’’ means the plan of that title dated August 18, 1981 and submitted by the De- partment of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services under section 3178 of this title; (5) the term ‘‘local government’’ means a local general unit of government or local edu- cational unit; (6) the terms ‘‘National Nutrition Moni- toring Advisory Council’’ and ‘‘Council’’ mean the advisory body established under section 5331 of this title; (7) the term ‘‘nutrition monitoring and re- lated research’’ means the set of activities necessary to provide timely information about the role and status of factors that bear on the contribution that nutrition makes to the health of the people of the United States, in- cluding— (A) dietary, nutritional, and health status measurements; (B) food consumption measurements; (C) food composition measurements and nutrient data banks; (D) dietary knowledge and attitude meas- urements; and (E) food supply and demand determina- tions; (8) the term ‘‘nutritional quality’’ means— (A) the appropriate levels of individual nu- trients in the diet; (B) the appropriate levels between nutri- ents in the diet; (C) the bioavailability of nutrients such as absorption, digestion, and utilization; and (D) the nutritional importance of non- nutrient substances such as fiber, phytate, and such substances that are naturally found in the food supply; and (9) the term ‘‘Secretaries’’ means the Sec- retary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting jointly. (Pub. L. 101–445, § 3, Oct. 22, 1990, 104 Stat. 1035.) SUBCHAPTER I—NUTRITION MONITORING AND RELATED RESEARCH § 5311. Establishment of coordinated program (a) In general There is established a ten-year coordinated program, to be known as the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program, to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (b) Implementation responsibility The Secretaries shall be responsible for the implementation of the coordinated program. (c) Establishment of Board To assist in implementing the coordinated program, there is established an Interagency Board for Nutrition Monitoring and Related Re- search, of which an Assistant Secretary in the Department of Agriculture (designated by the