7 U.S.C. § 5311a

Current through P.L. 118-78 (published on www.congress.gov on 07/30/2024)

Section 5311a - Joint nutrition monitoring and related research activities

The Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall continue to provide jointly for national nutrition monitoring and related research activities carried out as of the date of enactment of this Act-

(1) to collect continuous dietary, health, physical activity, and diet and health knowledge data on a nationally representative sample;

(2) to periodically collect data on special at-risk populations, as identified by the Secretaries;

(3) to distribute information on health, nutrition, the environment, and physical activity to the public in a timely fashion;

(4) to analyze new data that becomes available;

(5) to continuously update food composition tables; and

(6) to research and develop data collection methods and standards.

7 U.S.C. § 5311a

Pub. L. 110-234, title IV, §44034403,, 122 Stat. 1137; Pub. L. 110-246, §4(a), title IV, §4403, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1898.

EDITORIAL NOTES

REFERENCES IN TEXTThe date of enactment of this Act, referred to in text, is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110-246 which was approved June 18, 2008.

CODIFICATION Pub. L. 110-234 and Pub. L. 110-246 enacted identical sections. Pub. L. 110-234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110-246.Section was enacted as part of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, and not as part of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 which comprises this chapter.

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

EFFECTIVE DATEEnactment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110-234 by Pub. L. 110-246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110-234 except as otherwise provided, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110-246 set out as a note under section 8701 of this title.Section effective Oct. 1, 2008, see section 4407 of Pub. L. 110-246 set out as an Effective Date of 2008 Amendment note under section 1161 of Title 2, The Congress.

DEFINITION OF "SECRETARY" "Secretary" as meaning the Secretary of Agriculture, see section 8701 of this title.

Secretaries: the term "Secretaries" means the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting jointly.
nutrition monitoring and related research: the term "nutrition monitoring and related 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, including-(A) dietary, nutritional, and health status measurements;(B) food consumption measurements;(C) food composition measurements and nutrient data banks;(D) dietary knowledge and attitude measurements; and(E) food supply and demand determinations;