Title: National Institute of Nutrition Act
Policy area: Health

Summary:
National Institute of Nutrition Act  This bill establishes the National Institute of Nutrition within the National Institutes of Health to research the relationship between nutrients, food, and health outcomes.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1887 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1887

  To establish a National Institute of Nutrition within the National 
             Institutes of Health, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 26, 2019

   Mr. Ryan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish a National Institute of Nutrition within the National 
             Institutes of Health, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Institute of Nutrition 
Act''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION.

    (a) Designation.--Section 401(b) of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 281(b)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (25) as paragraph (26); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (24) the following:
            ``(25) The National Institute of Nutrition.''.
    (b) Raising Cap on Number of Institutes.--Section 401(d)(1) of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 281(d)(1)) is amended by striking 
``27'' and inserting ``28''.
    (c) Research Focus of Institute.--Part C of title IV of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:

             ``Subpart 21--National Institute of Nutrition

``SEC. 464Z-7. PURPOSES AND FOCUS OF RESEARCH CONDUCTED BY NATIONAL 
              INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION.

    ``(a) In General.--The general purpose of the National Institute of 
Nutrition (in this subpart referred to as the `Institute') is to 
facilitate and help coordinate incisive research into nutrients, foods, 
and their relationships to better health.
    ``(b) Research Focus.--Research conducted at or under a grant, 
contract, or cooperative agreement awarded by the Institute may include 
research in any of the following areas:
            ``(1) Leveraging nutrition as an effort to reduce health 
        care costs.
            ``(2) Relationships between the gut microbiome and health.
            ``(3) Personalized nutrition based on life stage, 
        metabolism, health state, health goals, and genetics.
            ``(4) Health and metabolic effects of major food groups for 
        which effects remain unclear or controversial.
            ``(5) Optimal diets for weight loss and weight maintenance.
            ``(6) Optimal diets to prevent and treat Type 2 diabetes 
        and pre-diabetes.
            ``(7) Optimal diets for cancer, both to reduce side effects 
        of chemotherapy and radiation and also to directly target the 
        cancer.
            ``(8) Health effect of trace bioactives and phenolics.
            ``(9) Effective behavior change and systems approaches for 
        healthier eating.
            ``(10) Effective approaches to reduce dietary and health 
        disparities.
            ``(11) Effects of foods on brain and mental health, from 
        the developing brain in infants and children to protecting 
        against memory loss, dementia, and depression later in life.
            ``(12) Effects of foods on allergies and autoimmune and 
        inflammatory diseases.
            ``(13) Optimal nutrition for military readiness.
            ``(14) Optimal nutrition for treatment of battlefield 
        consequences, including bodily injuries, brain injuries, and 
        post-traumatic stress.
            ``(15) Coordinated new science for translation into 
        national dietary guidelines and policies, such as the most 
        recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans published under section 
        301 of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research 
        Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5341).
            ``(16) And any other area of nutrition related research the 
        Director determines is appropriate to reach the goals of the 
        Institute.''.
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