Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60

§5311 Establishment of Coordinated Program

Title 7 › Chapter 84— NATIONAL NUTRITION MONITORING AND RELATED RESEARCH › Subchapter I— NUTRITION MONITORING AND RELATED RESEARCH › § 5311

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates a ten-year program called the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program to carry out the chapter’s goals. The Secretaries of Agriculture and Health and Human Services must run the program. An Interagency Board will help, led jointly by an Assistant Secretary from each department and including other federal agency reps chosen by the co-chairs. The Board must meet at least once every three months for the two years after October 22, 1990, and as needed after that. The Secretaries may hire an Administrator who is a recognized expert to run the program, work with the co-chairs, act as the program’s central coordinator, and serve as Executive Secretary for the National Nutrition Monitoring Advisory Council.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §5311

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(a)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)The Secretaries shall be responsible for the implementation of the coordinated program.

(c)To assist in implementing the coordinated program, there is established an Interagency Board for Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research, of which an Assistant Secretary in the Department of Agriculture (designated by the Secretary of Agriculture) and an Assistant Secretary in the Department of Health and Human Services (designated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services) shall be joint chairpersons. The remaining membership of the Board shall consist of additional representatives of Federal agencies, as determined appropriate by the joint chairpersons of the Board. The Board shall meet no less often than once every three months for the two-year period following October 22, 1990, and when appropriate thereafter.

(d)To establish a central focus and coordinator for the coordinated program, the Secretaries may appoint an Administrator of Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research. The Administrator shall—

(1)be an individual who is eminent in the field of nutrition monitoring and related areas and be selected on the basis of the established record of expertise and distinguished service of such individual; and

(2)administer the coordinated program with the advice and counsel of the joint chairpersons of the Board, serve as the focal point for the coordinated program, and serve as the Executive Secretary for the National Nutrition Monitoring Advisory Council.

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7 U.S.C. § 5311

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60