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Secretary shall promulgate proposed regulations
providing that a dietary supplement shall not be
considered an accessory food item unless the die-
tary supplement—
‘‘(i) contains folic acid or calcium in
accordance with sections 101.72 and 101.79
of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (as
in effect on the date of enactment of this
paragraph); and
‘‘(ii) is a multivitamin-mineral sup-
plement that—
‘‘(I) provides at least 2⁄3 of the es-
sential vitamins and minerals at 100
percent of the daily value levels, as de-
termined by the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration; and
‘‘(II) does not exceed the daily
upper limit for those nutrients for
which an established daily upper limit
has been determined by the Institute of
Medicine of the National Academy of
Sciences.
‘‘(B) FINAL REGULATIONS.—Not later than
2 years after the date of enactment of this para-
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graph, the Secretary shall promulgate final regu-
lations in accordance with subparagraph (A).
‘‘(C) PURCHASE
OF
DIETARY
SUPPLE-
MENTS.—No dietary supplements may be pur-
chased using benefits under this Act until the
earlier of—
‘‘(i) the date on which the Secretary
promulgates final regulations under sub-
paragraph (B); or
‘‘(ii) the date on which the Secretary
certifies a voluntary system of labeling for
the ready and accurate identification of eli-
gible dietary supplements, as developed by
the Secretary in consultation with the die-
tary supplement industry and dietary sup-
plement retailers.’’.
SEC. 4403. PILOT PROJECTS TO EVALUATE HEALTH AND
NUTRITION PROMOTION IN THE FOOD AND
NUTRITION PROGRAM.
Section 17 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2007 (7
U.S.C. 2026) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(k) PILOT PROJECTS TO EVALUATE HEALTH AND
NUTRITION PROMOTION
IN
THE FOOD
AND NUTRITION
PROGRAM.—
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry
out, under such terms and conditions as the Secretary
considers to be appropriate, pilot projects to develop
and test methods—
‘‘(A) of using the food and nutrition pro-
gram to improve the dietary and health status of
households participating in the food and nutri-
tion program; and
‘‘(B) to reduce overweight, obesity (includ-
ing childhood obesity), and associated co-
morbidities in the United States.
‘‘(2) PROJECTS.—Pilot projects carried out
under paragraph (1) may include projects to deter-
mine whether healthier food purchases by and
healthier diets among households participating in the
food and nutrition program result from projects
that—
‘‘(A) increase the food and nutrition assist-
ance purchasing power of the participating
households by providing increased food and nu-
trition assistance benefit allotments to the par-
ticipating households;
‘‘(B) increase access to farmers markets by
participating households through the electronic
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redemption of food and nutrition assistance at
the farmers markets;
‘‘(C) provide incentives to authorized food
and nutrition program vendors to increase the
availability of healthy foods to participating
households;
‘‘(D) subject authorized food and nutrition
program vendors to stricter vendor requirements
with respect to carrying and stocking healthy
foods;
‘‘(E) provide incentives at the point of pur-
chase to encourage participating households to
purchase fruits, vegetables, or other healthy foods;
or
‘‘(F) provide to participating households in-
tegrated communication and education pro-
grams, including the provision of funding for a
portion of a school based nutrition coordinator to
implement a broad nutrition action plan and
parent nutrition education programs in elemen-
tary schools, separately or in combination with
pilot projects carried out under subparagraphs
(A) through (E).
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‘‘(3) DURATION.—A pilot project carried out
under this subsection shall have a term of not more
than 5 years.
‘‘(4) EVALUATIONS AND REPORTS.—
‘‘(A) EVALUATIONS.—
‘‘(i) INDEPENDENT EVALUATION.—
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary
shall provide for an independent eval-
uation of each pilot project under this
subsection that measures the impact of
the pilot program on health and nutri-
tion as described in paragraph (1).
‘‘(II) REQUIREMENT.—The inde-
pendent evaluation under subclause (I)
shall use rigorous methodologies, par-
ticularly random assignment or other
methods that are capable of producing
scientifically-valid information regard-
ing which activities are effective.
‘‘(ii) COSTS.—The Secretary may use
funds provided to carry out this section to
pay costs associated with monitoring and
evaluating each pilot project.
‘‘(B) REPORTS.—Not later than 90 days
after the last day of fiscal year 2008 and each
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fiscal year thereafter until the completion of the
last evaluation under subparagraph (A), the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committee on Agri-
culture of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For-
estry of the Senate a report that includes a de-
scription of—
‘‘(i) the status of each pilot project;
‘‘(ii) the results of the evaluation com-
pleted during the previous fiscal year; and
‘‘(iii) 
to 
the 
maximum 
extent
practicable—
‘‘(I) the impact of the pilot project
on appropriate health, nutrition, and
associated behavioral outcomes among
households participating in the pilot
project;
‘‘(II) baseline information rel-
evant to the stated goals and desired
outcomes of the pilot project; and
‘‘(III) 
equivalent 
information
about similar or identical measures
among control or comparison groups
that did not participate in the pilot
project.