Sec. 734.
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None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to release or implement the final version of the eighth edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, revised pursuant to section 301 of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 5341 ), unless the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services comply with each of the following requirements: Each revision to any nutritional or dietary information or guideline contained in the 2010 edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and any new nutritional or dietary information or guideline to be included in the eighth edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans— shall be based on scientific evidence that has been rated Grade I:
Strong by the grading rubric developed by the Nutrition Evidence Library of the Department of Agriculture; and shall be limited in scope to only matters of diet and nutrient intake. The Secretaries shall release a preliminary draft of the eighth edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, including a list of all the scientific studies and evidence supporting each revised or new nutritional or dietary information or guideline, for a period of public comment of at least 90 days.
Following the end of the public comment period, the Secretaries shall provide a period for agency review of public comments of at least 60 days.
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