§ 5312. — Functions of Secretaries.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC5312]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 84--NATIONAL NUTRITION MONITORING AND RELATED RESEARCH
SUBCHAPTER I--NUTRITION MONITORING AND RELATED RESEARCH
Sec. 5312. Functions of Secretaries
(a) In general
The Secretaries, with the advice of the Board, shall--
(1) establish the goals of the coordinated program, identify the
activities required to meet such goals, and identify the responsible
agencies with respect to the coordinated program;
(2) update the Joint Implementation Plan for a Comprehensive
National Nutrition Monitoring System, and integrate it into the
coordinated program;
(3) ensure the timely implementation of the coordinated program
and the comprehensive plan prepared under section 5313 of this
title;
(4) include in the coordinated program and the comprehensive
plan a competitive grants program, to be implemented to the extent
funds are available, in accordance with the provisions of this
chapter to encourage and assist the conduct, by Federal entities,
and by non-Federal entities on an appropriate matching funds basis,
of research (including research described in section 5313(a)(3) of
this title) that will accelerate the development of uniform and
cost-effective standards and indicators for the assessment and
monitoring of nutritional and dietary status and for relating food
consumption patterns to nutritional and health status;
(5) include in the coordinated program and the comprehensive
plan a grants program, in accordance with the provisions of this
chapter, to encourage and assist State and local governments in
developing the capacity to conduct monitoring and surveillance of
nutritional status, food consumption, and nutrition knowledge and in
using such capacity to enhance nutrition services (including
activities described in section 5313(a)(5) and 5313(b)(9) of this
title);
(6) include in the coordinated program each fiscal year an
annual interagency budget for each fiscal year of the program;
(7) foster productive interaction, with respect to nutrition
monitoring and related research, among Federal efforts, State and
local governments, the private sector, scientific communities,
health professionals, and the public;
(8)(A) contract with a scientific body, such as the National
Academy of Sciences or the Federation of American Societies for
Experimental Biology, to interpret available data analyses, and
publish every two years, or more frequently if appropriate, except
as provided in subparagraph (B), a report on the dietary,
nutritional, and health-related status of the people of the United
States and the nutritional quality (including the nutritive and
nonnutritive content) of food consumed in the United States; or
(B) if the Secretaries determine that sufficient data analyses
are not available to warrant interpretation of such data analyses,
inform Congress of such fact at the time a report required in
subparagraph (A) would have been published, and publish such report
at least once every five years; and
(9)(A) foster cost recovery management techniques in the
coordinated program; and
(B) impose appropriate charges and fees for publications of the
coordinated program, including print and electronic forms of data
and analysis, and use the proceeds of such charges and fees for
purposes of the coordinated program (except that no such charge or
fee imposed on an educational or other nonprofit organization shall
exceed the actual costs incurred by the coordinated program in
providing the publications involved).
(b) Biennial report
The Secretaries shall submit to the President for transmittal to
Congress by January 15 of each alternate year, beginning with January 15
following October 22, 1990, a biennial report that shall--
(1) evaluate the progress of the coordinated program;
(2) summarize the results of such coordinated program components
as are developed under section 5313 of this title;
(3) describe and evaluate any policy implications of the
analytical findings in the scientific reports required under
subsection (a)(8) of this section, and future priorities for
nutrition monitoring and related research;
(4) include in full the annual reports of the Council provided
for in section 5332 of this title; and
(5) include an executive summary of the report most recently
published by the scientific body, as provided for in subsection
(a)(8) of this section.
(Pub. L. 101-445, title I, Sec. 102, Oct. 22, 1990, 104 Stat. 1036.)
Termination of Reporting Requirements
For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in subsec.
(b) of this section requiring submission of biennial report to Congress,
see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104-66, as amended, set out as a note under
section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and page 31 of House
Document No. 103-7.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 5332 of this title.
