§ 7654. Food Safety Research Information Office

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.

1. 1998

   Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998

   Pub. L. 105–185 title VI § 615 · 112 Stat. 523

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 7654

   Pub. L. 105–185, title VI, § 615, June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 606

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 105–185, title VI, § 615, June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 606

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 615. FOOD SAFETY RESEARCH INFORMATION OFFICE AND NATIONAL CONFERENCE. (a) Food Safety Research Information Office.— (1) Establishment.— The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a Food Safety Research Information Office at the National Agricultural Library. (2) Purpose.— The Office shall provide to the research community and the general public information on publicly funded, and to the maximum extent practicable, privately funded food safety research initiatives for the purpose of— (A) preventing unintended duplication of food safety research; and (B) assisting the executive and legislative branches of the Federal Government and private research entities to assess food safety research needs and priorities. (3) Cooperation.— The Office shall carry out this subsection in cooperation with the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, public institutions, and, on a voluntary basis, private research entities. (b) National Conference; Annual Workshops.— Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall sponsor a conference to be known as the “National Conference on Food Safety Research”, for the purpose of beginning the task of prioritization of food safety research. The Secretary shall sponsor annual workshops in each of the subsequent 4 years after the conference so that priorities can be updated or adjusted to reflect changing food safety concerns. (c) Food Safety Report.— With regard to the study and report to be prepared by the National Academy of Sciences on the scientific and organizational needs for an effective food safety system, the study shall include recommendations to ensure that the food safety inspection system, within the resources traditionally available to existing food safety agencies, protects the public health.

2. 2002

   Pub. L. 107–171 title VII § 7301(a) · 116 Stat. 134

   1. Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 7654

      Pub. L. 107–171 struck out “and national conference” after “Information Office” in section catchline

   2. Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 7654

      Pub. L. 107–171 struck out subsec. (a) designation and heading

   3. Redesignated · 7 U.S.C. § 7654

      Pub. L. 107–171 redesignated pars. (1) to (3) of former subsec. (a) as subsecs. (a) to (c), respectively, and subpars. (A) and (B) of former par. (2) as pars. (1) and (2) of subsec. (b), respectively, realigned margins

   4. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 7654

      Pub. L. 107–171 substituted “this section” for “this subsection” in subsec. (c)

   5. Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 7654

      Pub. L. 107–171 struck out former subsecs. (b) and (c) which related to national conference and annual workshops and food safety report, respectively

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 107–171 struck out “and national conference” after “Information Office” in section catchline, struck out subsec. (a) designation and heading, redesignated pars. (1) to (3) of former subsec. (a) as subsecs. (a) to (c), respectively, and subpars. (A) and (B) of former par. (2) as pars. (1) and (2) of subsec. (b), respectively, realigned margins, substituted “this section” for “this subsection” in subsec. (c), and struck out former subsecs. (b) and (c) which related to national conference and annual workshops and food safety report, respectively.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Repeal.— Subsections (b) and (c) of section 615 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7654(b) and (c)) are repealed.

6 of 6 references resolved to an enrolled provision