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[CITE: 7USC3178]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
       CHAPTER 64--AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING
 
SUBCHAPTER IV--NATIONAL FOOD AND HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH AND EXTENSION 
                                 PROGRAM
 
Sec. 3178. Nutritional status monitoring


(a) Formulation of system

    The Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
formulate and submit to Congress, within ninety days after September 29, 
1977, a proposal for a comprehensive nutritional status monitoring 
system, to include:
        (1) an assessment system consisting of periodic surveys and 
    continuous monitoring to determine: the extent of risk of nutrition-
    related health problems in the United States; which population 
    groups or areas of the country face greatest risk; and the likely 
    causes of risk and changes in the above risk factors over time;
        (2) a surveillance system to identify remediable nutrition-
    related health risks to individuals or for local areas, in such a 
    manner as to tie detection to direct intervention and treatment. 
    Such system should draw on screening and other information from 
    other health programs, including those funded under titles V, XVIII, 
    and XIX of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 701 et seq., 1395 et 
    seq., and 1396 et seq.] and section 330 of the Public Health Service 
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        (3) program evaluations to determine the adequacy, efficiency, 
    effectiveness, and side effects of nutrition-related programs in 
    reducing health risks to individuals and populations.

(b) Coordination of existing activities; recommendation for necessary 
        additional authorities

    The proposal shall provide for coordination of activities under 
existing authorities and contain recommendations for any additional 
authorities necessary to achieve a comprehensive monitoring system.

(Pub. L. 95-113, title XIV, Sec. 1428, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1001; 
Pub. L. 96-88, title V, Sec. 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)

                       References in Text

    The Social Security Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(2), is act Aug. 
14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620, as amended. Title V of the Social 
Security Act is classified principally to subchapter V (Sec. 701 et 
seq.) of chapter 7 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. Titles 
XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act are classified generally to 
subchapters XVIII (Sec. 1395 et seq.) and XIX (Sec. 1396 et seq.), 
respectively, of chapter 7 of Title 42. For complete classification of 
this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of Title 42 and Tables.
    Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act, referred to in subsec. 
(a)(2), is section 330 of act July 1, 1944, which was classified to 
section 254c of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and was omitted 
in the general amendment of subpart I (Sec. 254b et seq.) of part D of 
subchapter II of chapter 6A of Title 42 by Pub. L. 104-299, Sec. 2, Oct. 
11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3626. Sections 2 and 3(a) of Pub. L. 104-299 enacted 
new sections 330 and 330A of act July 1, 1944, which are classified, 
respectively, to sections 254b and 254c of Title 42.

                         Change of Name

    ``Secretary of Health and Human Services'' substituted for 
``Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare'' in subsec. (a) pursuant 
to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96-88, which is classified to section 
3508(b) of Title 20, Education.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 5302 of this title.
