§ 5311. Establishment of coordinated program

Legislative history

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1. 1990

   National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990

   Pub. L. 101–445 title I § 101 · 104 Stat. 1034

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 5311

   (Pub. L. 101–445, title I, § 101, Oct. 22, 1990, 104 Stat. 1035.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Pub. L. 101–445, title I, § 101, Oct. 22, 1990, 104 Stat. 1035.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COORDINATED PROGRAM. (a) In General.— There is established a ten-year coordinated program, to be known as the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program, to carry out the purposes of this Act. (b) Implementation Responsibility.— The Secretaries shall be responsible for the implementation of the coordinated program. (c) Establishment of Board.— To assist in implementing the coordinated program, there is established an Interagency Board for Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research, of which an Assistant Secretary in the Department of Agriculture (designated by the Secretary of Agriculture) and an Assistant Secretary in the Department of Health and Human Services (designated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services) shall be joint chairpersons. The remaining membership of the Board shall consist of additional representatives of Federal agencies, as determined appropriate by the joint chairpersons of the Board. The Board shall meet no less often than once every three months for the two-year period following the date of the enactment of this Act, and when appropriate thereafter. (d) Administrator.— To establish a central focus and coordinator for the coordinated program, the Secretaries may appoint an Administrator of Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research. The Administrator shall— (1) be an individual who is eminent in the field of nutrition monitoring and related areas and be selected on the basis of the established record of expertise and distinguished service of such individual; and (2) administer the coordinated program with the advice and counsel of the joint chairpersons of the Board, serve as the focal point for the coordinated program, and serve as the Executive Secretary for the National Nutrition Monitoring Advisory Council.

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