§5311 Establishment of Coordinated Program

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 and set up an Interagency Board for Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research. Two co-chairs will be Assistant Secretaries from those departments, and other federal agency reps join as needed. The Board must meet at least once every three months for the two-year period after October 22, 1990, and afterwards when needed. The Secretaries may hire an Administrator of Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research. That person must be a well-known expert with a proven record of expertise and distinguished service. The Administrator will coordinate the program, work with the co-chairs, and serve as Executive Secretary for the National Nutrition Monitoring Advisory Council.