Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 64 — Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching
§ 3172. Duties of Secretary of Agriculture
Statutory text
In order to carry out the policy of this subchapter, the Secretary shall develop and implement a national food and human nutrition research and extension program that shall include, but not be limited to—
research on human nutritional requirements;
research on the nutrient composition of foods and the effects of agricultural practices, handling, food processing, and cooking on the nutrients they contain;
surveillance of the nutritional benefits provided to participants in the food programs administered by the Department of Agriculture;
research on the factors affecting food preference and habits; and
the development of techniques and equipment to assist consumers in the home or in institutions in selecting food that supplies a nutritionally adequate diet.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977
Pub. L. 95–113 title XIV § 1422 · 91 Stat. 913
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 3172
(Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1422, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 999.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1422, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 999.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 1422. duties of the secretary of agriculture In order to carry out the policy of this subtitle, the Secretary 7 USC 3172. shall develop and implement a national food and human nutrition research and extension program that shall include, but not be limited (1) research on human nutritional requirements; (2) research on the nutrient composition of foods and the effects of agricultural practices, handling, food processing, and cooking on the nutrients they contain; (3) surveillance of the nutritional benefits provided to participants in the food programs administered by the Department of Agriculture; (4) research on the factors affecting food preference and habits; and (5) the development of techniques and equipment to assist consumers in the home or in institutions in selecting food that supplies a nutritionally adequate diet.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective , see section 1901 of Pub. L. 95–113, set out as an Effective Date of 1977 Amendment note under section 1307 of this title.