US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

7 U.S.C. § 5311a

Joint nutrition monitoring and related research activities

The Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall continue to provide jointly for national nutrition monitoring and related research activities carried out as of the date of enactment of this Act—
(1)
to collect continuous dietary, health, physical activity, and diet and health knowledge data on a nationally representative sample;
(2)
to periodically collect data on special at-risk populations, as identified by the Secretaries;
(3)
to distribute information on health, nutrition, the environment, and physical activity to the public in a timely fashion;
(4)
to analyze new data that becomes available;
(5)
to continuously update food composition tables; and
(6)
to research and develop data collection methods and standards.

Pub. L. 110–234, title IV, § 4403122 Stat. 1137Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a)122 Stat. 1664(, , ; , title IV, § 4403, , , 1898.)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Pub. L. 110–246The date of enactment of this Act, referred to in text, is the date of enactment of , which was approved .

Codification

Pub. L. 110–234Pub. L. 110–246Pub. L. 110–234section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246 and enacted identical sections. was repealed by .

Section was enacted as part of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, and not as part of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 110–234Pub. L. 110–246Pub. L. 110–234section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246section 8701 of this titleEnactment of this section and repeal of by effective , the date of enactment of , except as otherwise provided, see , set out as a note under .

section 4407 of Pub. L. 110–246section 1161 of Title 2Section effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of 2008 Amendment note under , The Congress.

Definition of “Secretary”

section 8701 of this title“Secretary” as meaning the Secretary of Agriculture, see .