Exhibit 540

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, P.L. 114-113, Division A, secs. 734-735

Exhibit 540 · Statute

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, P.L. 114-113, Division A, secs. 734-735

is limited in scope to nutritional and dietary information.

Sec. 734 bars use of funds to release or implement the eighth edition unless the Secretaries ensure each new or revised guideline 'is based on significant scientific agreement' and 'is limited in scope to nutritional and dietary information.' Sec. 735 directs USDA to engage the National Academy of Medicine for a study of the process used to establish the DGAC and develop the guidelines, with a panel of 'balanced representation,' and appropriates $1,000,000. The text does not use the word 'sustainability.'

Source: U.S. Congress
Date: 18 December 2015
Quoted from: Div. A, Title VII, sec. 734, 129 Stat. 2280
Grade: Primary record
Document: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-114publ113/html/PLAW-114publ113.htm
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit

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Finding AGR-4.4: Primary record In 2015 the House Appropriations Committee wrote that the advisory committee's report "included extraneous factors and policy recommendations that are outside of the statutory requirement, such as agriculture production practices including sustainability, taxes, food labeling and marketing policies." Public Law 114-113 section 734 then barred release of the 2015-2020 guidelines unless each guideline "is based on significant scientific agreement" and "is limited in scope to nutritional and dietary information." On 6 October 2015 Secretaries Vilsack and Burwell announced that sustainability would not be in the guidelines "because this is a matter of scope."