assessment and monitoring of nutritional, dietary, 
and physical activity status and for relating food 
consumption and physical activity patterns to nutri-
tional and health status and to further the purposes 
of and implement the provisions of this Act; 
‘‘(7) availability of technical assistance, stand-
ards, and methodologies, to the extent practicable, to 
grantees supported by this subsection and other fed-
erally funded nutrition programs, to maximize the 
data quality and comparability with other studies; 
and 
‘‘(8) consultation, at least annually, with Fed-
eral agencies, State and local governments, the pri-
vate sector, scientific communities, health profes-
sionals, and the public, regarding monitoring and re-
lated research needs for determining the nutritional 
status and physical activity levels of the United 
States population, especially infants, children, youth, 
ethnic minorities, and persons with mobility-limiting 
physical disabilities of all ages.’’, 
(5) by striking sections 103, 104, and 105, and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 103. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
‘‘Nothing in this title may be construed to grant any 
new regulatory authority or to limit, expand, or otherwise
modify any regulatory authority under existing law, or to 
establish new criteria, standards, or requirements for reg-
ulation under existing law.’’, 
(6) in section 106—
(A) in subsection (a)—
(i) by striking ‘‘Committees on Agri-
culture and Science, Space, and Tech-
nology of the House of Representatives 
and to the Committees on Agriculture, Nu-
trition and Forestry, and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘Com-
mittee on Agriculture, the Committee on 
Appropriations, the Committee on the 
Budget, and the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representa-
tives, and to the Committee on Agri-
culture, Nutrition, and Forestry, the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, the Committee 
on Budget, and the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of 
the Senate’’, 
(ii) by redesignating subsections (a) 
and (b) as subsections (c) and (d), respec-
tively, and
(iii) by inserting before subsection (c), 
as so redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(a) There are authorized to be appropriated 
$44,600,000 for fiscal year 2006, $46,200,000 for fiscal 
year 2007, $47,800,000 for fiscal year 2008, $49,500,000 
for fiscal year 2009, $51,200,000 for fiscal year 2010, 
$53,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, $54,800,000 for fiscal 
year 2012, $56,700,000 for fiscal year 2013, $58,700,000 
for fiscal year 2014, and $60,754,500 for fiscal year 2015, 
for the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, and $15,525,000 for fis-
cal year 2006, $16,100,000 for fiscal year 2007, 
$16,700,000 for fiscal year 2008, $17,300,000 for fiscal 
year 2009, $17,900,000 for fiscal year 2010, $18,500,000 
for fiscal year 2011, $19,100,000 for fiscal year 2012, 
$19,800,000 for fiscal year 2013, $20,500,000 for fiscal 
year 2014, $22,217,500 for fiscal year 2015, for the Agri-
cultural Research Service, to—
‘‘(1) collect continuously dietary, health, phys-
ical activity, diet and health knowledge data on a na-
tionally representative sample; 
‘‘(2) collect periodically data on special popu-
lations; 
‘‘(3) distribute data to the public in a timely 
fashion;
‘‘(4) analyze data when new data becomes avail-
able; 
‘‘(5) update continuously food composition ta-
bles; 
‘‘(6) research and develop data collection meth-
ods and standards; 
‘‘(7) provide competitive grants and technical 
assistance for local and State government data col-
lection and analysis; and 
‘‘(8) hold annual meeting with stakeholders and 
users of the data. 
‘‘(b) The funding for the comprehensive nutrition 
monitoring should include, but not be limited to, con-
tinuing the integrated NHANES on at least 5000 individ-
uals on an annual basis. An additional $7,000,000 for the 
National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention for each fiscal year is au-
thorized to be appropriated to plan and commence in fiscal 
year 2006 and each subsequent year, the community 
Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Additional 
funds are authorized to be appropriated for Agriculture 
Research Service to commence a food consumption longi-
tudinal survey of at least 15,000 individuals in fiscal year 
2007.’’. 
(7) by striking title II, and
(8) in title III—
(A) in section 301—
(i) in subsection (a) by amending 
paragraph (1) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
publish, at least every 10 years, coordinated with any 
other Department effort to set health goals, a report enti-
tled ‘Dietary Guidelines for Americans’ that shall be based 
on the preponderance of the nutrition monitoring data and 
the scientific and medical knowledge that is current at the 
time. This publication shall be promoted by each Federal 
agency in carrying out any Federal food, nutrition, or 
health program and should serve as the basis for nutrition 
education, nutrition information, and food assistance pro-
grams.’’, 
(ii) in subsection (b)(2) by amending 
subparagraph (A) to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—(i) During the 60-day review pe-
riod established in paragraph (1), the Secretaries shall re-
view, and approve or disapprove, such guidance to assure 
that the guidance either is consistent with the ‘Dietary 
Guidelines for Americans’ or that the guidance is based 
on medical or new scientific knowledge that is determined
to comply with the standard of significant scientific agree-
ment. 
‘‘(ii) If after such 60-day period neither Secretary no-
tifies the proposing agency that such guidance has been 
disapproved, then such guidance may be issued by the 
agency. If both Secretaries disapprove of such guidance, 
it shall be returned to the agency. 
‘‘(iii) If either Secretary finds that such guidance is 
inconsistent with the ‘Dietary Guidelines for Americans’ 
and so notifies the proposing agency, such agency shall 
follow the procedures set forth in this subsection before 
disseminating such proposal to the public in final form. 
‘‘(iv) If after such 60-day period, either Secretary dis-
approves such guidance as inconsistent with the ‘Dietary 
Guidelines for Americans’ the proposing agency shall—
‘‘(I) publish a notice in the Federal Register of 
the availability of the full text of the proposal and 
the preamble of such proposal that shall explain the 
basis and purpose for the proposed dietary guidance; 
‘‘(II) provide in such notice for a public com-
ment period of 30 days; and 
‘‘(III) make available for public inspection and 
copying during normal business hours any comment 
received by the agency during such comment pe-
riod.’’,
(iii) by redesignating section 301 as 
section 201, and 
(iv) by striking section 302, and 
(B) by redesignating title III as title II.
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