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[CITE: 7USC5311]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
     CHAPTER 84--NATIONAL NUTRITION MONITORING AND RELATED RESEARCH
 
         SUBCHAPTER I--NUTRITION MONITORING AND RELATED RESEARCH
 
Sec. 5311. Establishment of 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 chapter.

(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 October 22, 1990, 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.

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

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 5302, 5331 of this title.
