7 U.S.C. § 5314 — Implementation of comprehensive plan

Page 1747 TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE § 5315 (6) improve the methodologies and tech- nologies, including those suitable for use by States and localities, available for the assess- ment of nutritional and dietary status and trends; (7) develop uniform standards and indicators for the assessment and monitoring of nutri- tional and dietary status, for relating food consumption patterns to nutritional and health status, and for use in the evaluation of Federal food and nutrition intervention pro- grams; (8) establish national baseline data and pro- cedures for nutrition monitoring; (9) provide scientific and technical assist- ance, training, and consultation to State and local governments for the purpose of— (A) obtaining dietary and nutrition status data; (B) developing related data bases; and (C) promoting the development of regional, State, and local data collection services to become an integral component of a national nutritional status network; (10) establish mechanisms to identify the needs of users of nutrition monitoring data and to encourage the private sector and the academic community to participate in the de- velopment and implementation of the com- prehensive plan and contribute relevant data from non-Federal sources to promote the de- velopment of a national nutritional status network; (11) compile an inventory of Federal, State, and nongovernment activities related to nutri- tion monitoring and related research; (12) focus on national nutrition monitoring needs while building on the responsibilities and expertise of the individual membership of the Board; (13) administer the coordinated program, de- fine program objectives, priorities, oversight, responsibilities, and resources, and define the organization and management of the Board and the Council; and (14) provide a mechanism for periodically evaluating and refining the coordinated pro- gram and the comprehensive plan that facili- tates cooperation and interaction by State and local governments, the private sector, sci- entific communities, and health care profes- sionals, and that facilitates coordination with non-Federal activities. (c) Additional requirements of plan The comprehensive plan shall— (1) allocate all of the projected functions and activities under the coordinated program among the various Federal agencies and of- fices that will be involved; (2) contain an affirmative statement and de- scription of the functions to be performed and activities to be undertaken by each of such agencies and offices in carrying out the co- ordinated program; and (3) constitute the basis on which each agen- cy participating in the coordinated program requests authorizations and appropriations for nutrition monitoring and related research dur- ing the ten-year period of the program. (d) Publication of plan (1) Proposed plan Within 12 months after October 22, 1990, the Secretaries shall publish in the Federal Reg- ister a proposed comprehensive plan for public review for a comment period of no less than sixty days. (2) Final plan Within sixty days after the comment period under paragraph (1) expires, and after consid- ering any comments received, the Secretaries shall submit to the President, for submission to the Congress and for publication in the Fed- eral Register, the final comprehensive plan. (e) Prohibition on construing Nothing in this section may be construed as modifying, or as authorizing the Secretaries or the comprehensive plan to modify, any provision of an appropriation Act (or any other provision of law relating to the use of appropriated funds) that specifies— (1) the department or agency to which funds are appropriated; or (2) the obligations of such department or agency with respect to the use of such funds. (Pub. L. 101–445, title I, § 103, Oct. 22, 1990, 104 Stat. 1037.) § 5314. Implementation of comprehensive plan (a) In general The comprehensive plan shall be carried out during the period ending with the close of the ninth fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the comprehensive plan is submitted in its final form under section 5313(d)(2) of this title and shall be— (1) carried out in accordance with, and meet the program objectives specified in, section 5313(a) of this title and section 5313(b) of this title; (2) carried out, by the Federal agencies in- volved, in accordance with the allocation of functions and activities under section 5313(c) of this title; and (3) funded by appropriations made to such agencies for each fiscal year of the program. (b) Existing law not affected Nothing in this subchapter may be construed to grant any new regulatory authority or to limit, expand, or otherwise modify any regu- latory authority under existing law, or to estab- lish new criteria, standards, or requirements for regulation under existing law. (Pub. L. 101–445, title I, § 104, Oct. 22, 1990, 104 Stat. 1040.) § 5315. Scientific research and development in support of coordinated program and com- prehensive plan The Secretaries shall coordinate the conduct of, and may contract with the National Science Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National In- stitute of Standards and Technology, and other suitable Federal agencies for, such scientific re-