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[CITE: 7USC3178a]

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

    The Secretary of Agriculture shall--
        (1) in conducting the Department of Agriculture's continuing 
    survey of food intakes of individuals and any nationwide food 
    consumption survey, include a sample that is representative of low-
    income individuals and, to the extent practicable, the collection of 
    information on food purchases and other household expenditures by 
    such individuals;
        (2) to the extent practicable, continue to maintain the nutrient 
    data base established by the Department of Agriculture; and
        (3) encourage research by public and private entities relating 
    to effective standards, methodologies, and technologies for accurate 
    assessment of the nutritional and dietary status of individuals.

(Pub. L. 99-198, title XV, Sec. 1589, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1597.)

                          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.
