Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 64 — Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching
§ 3175a. Nutrition and consumer education; Congressional findings
Statutory text
Congress finds that individuals in households eligible to participate in programs under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 [7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.] and other low-income individuals, including those residing in rural areas, should have greater access to nutrition and consumer education to enable them to use their food budgets, including food assistance, effectively and to select and prepare foods that satisfy their nutritional needs and improve their diets.
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.
Food Security Act of 1985
Pub. L. 99–198 title XV § 1584 · 99 Stat. 1354
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 3175a
(Pub. L. 99–198, title XV, § 1584, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1596.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 99–198, title XV, § 1584, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1596.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 1584. nutrition education findings Congress finds that individuals in households eligible to participate in programs under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 and other low-income individuals, including those residing in rural areas, should have greater access to nutrition and consumer education to enable them to use their food budgets, including food assistance, effectively and to select and prepare foods that satisfy their nutritional needs and improve their diets.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Food Stamp Act of 1977, referred to in text, subsequently renamed the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, is Pub. L. 88–525, , 78 Stat. 703, which is classified generally to chapter 51 (§ 2011 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2011 of this title and Tables.
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Food Security Act of 1985, and not as part of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 which comprises this chapter.