# § 5311a. Joint nutrition monitoring and related research activities
The Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall continue to provide jointly for national nutrition monitoring and related research activities carried out as of the date of enactment of this Act—
**(1)** to collect continuous dietary, health, physical activity, and diet and health knowledge data on a nationally representative sample;
**(2)** to periodically collect data on special at-risk populations, as identified by the Secretaries;
**(3)** to distribute information on health, nutrition, the environment, and physical activity to the public in a timely fashion;
**(4)** to analyze new data that becomes available;
**(5)** to continuously update food composition tables; and
**(6)** to research and develop data collection methods and standards.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 110–234, title IV, § 4403, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1137; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title IV, § 4403, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1898.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
The date of enactment of this Act, referred to in text, is the date of enactment of , which was approved .
### Codification
and enacted identical sections. was repealed by .
Section was enacted as part of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, and not as part of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 which comprises this chapter.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date
Enactment of this section and repeal of by effective , the date of enactment of , except as otherwise provided, see , set out as a note under .
Section effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of 2008 Amendment note under , The Congress.
### Definition of “Secretary”
“Secretary” as meaning the Secretary of Agriculture, see .