(a) Increase in level of supportThe 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 agenciesThe 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.
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CHAPTER 64— AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING
SUBCHAPTER IV— NATIONAL FOOD AND HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH AND EXTENSION PROGRAM
§ 3171. Congressional findings and declaration of policy
§ 3172. Duties of Secretary of Agriculture
§ 3173. Research by Department of Agriculture
§§ 3174, 3174a. Repealed. , §§ 7108, 7109, ,
§ 3175. Nutrition education program
§ 3175a. Nutrition and consumer education; Congressional findings
§ 3175b. Expansion of effective food, nutrition, and consumer education services
§ 3175c. Program of food, nutrition, and consumer education by State cooperative extension services
§ 3175e. Authorization of appropriations
§ 3178. Nutritional status monitoring
§ 3179. Research on strategies to promote the selection and consumption of healthy foods