§ 3173. — Research by Department of Agriculture.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC3173]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 64--AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING
SUBCHAPTER IV--NATIONAL FOOD AND HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH AND EXTENSION
PROGRAM
Sec. 3173. Research by Department of Agriculture
(a) Increase in level of support
The Secretary shall establish research into food and human nutrition
as a separate and distinct mission of the Department of Agriculture, and
the Secretary shall increase support for such research to a level that
provides resources adequate to meet the policy of this subchapter.
(b) Periodic consultation with administrators of other Federal
departments and agencies
The Secretary, in administering the food and human nutrition
research program, shall periodically consult with the administrators of
the other Federal departments and agencies that have responsibility for
programs dealing with human food and nutrition, as to the specific
research needs of those departments and agencies.
(Pub. L. 95-113, title XIV, Sec. 1423, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 999.)
National Food and Human Nutrition Research Program; Congressional
Findings; Comprehensive Plan; Annual Report; Joint Dietary Assessment,
Studies and Reports; Submission of Plan and Reports to Congressional
Committees
Pub. L. 99-198, title XIV, subtitle B, Secs. 1451-1453, Dec. 23,
1985, 99 Stat. 1561, 1562, as amended by Pub. L. 104-127, title VIII,
Sec. 872, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1175, provided that:
``findings
``Sec. 1451. Congress finds that--
``(1) nutrition and health considerations are important to
United States agricultural policy;
``(2) section 1405 of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3121)
designates the Department of Agriculture as the lead agency of the
Federal Government for human nutrition research (except with respect
to the biomedical aspects of human nutrition concerned with
diagnosis or treatment of disease);
``(3) section 1423 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 3173) requires the
Secretary of Agriculture to establish research into food and human
nutrition as a separate and distinct mission of the Department of
Agriculture;
``(4) the Secretary has established a nutrition education
program; and
``(5) nutrition research continues to be of great importance to
those involved in agricultural production.
``[Sec. 1452. Repealed. Pub. L. 104-127, title VIII, Sec. 872, Apr.
4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1175.]
``dietary assessment and studies
``Sec. 1453. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of
Health and Human Services shall jointly conduct an assessment of
existing scientific literature and research relating to--
``(1) the relationship between dietary cholesterol and blood
cholesterol and human health and nutrition; and
``(2) dietary calcium and its importance in human health and
nutrition.
In conducting the assessments under this subsection, the Secretaries
shall consult with agencies of the Federal Government involved in
related research. On completion of such assessments, the Secretaries
shall each recommend such further studies as the Secretaries consider
useful.
``(b) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act
[Dec. 23, 1985], the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of
Health and Human Services shall each submit to the House Committees on
Agriculture and Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committees on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and Labor and Human Resources a
report that shall include the results of the assessments conducted under
subsection (a) and recommendations made under such subsection, for more
complete studies of the issues examined under such subsection, including
a protocol, feasibility assessment, budget estimates and a timetable for
such research as each Secretary shall consider appropriate.''
