Exhibit 539

House Report 114-205, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 2016

Exhibit 539 · Committee report

House Report 114-205, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 2016

This was the first time environmental factors impacted recommendations traditionally aimed at diet and nutrition.

Committee report to accompany H.R. 3049 (Aderholt). States that the 2015 DGAC 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'; the bill language required NEL 'Grade I: Strong' evidence and a draft with a 90-day comment period. Minority views of Reps. Lowey and Farr oppose section 734: 'Congress should have no role deciding the level of scientific evidence required for the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA).'

Source: U.S. House Committee on Appropriations
Date: 14 July 2015
Quoted from: Report language, 'Dietary Guidelines for Americans' (PDF p. 60)
Grade: Primary record
Document: https://www.congress.gov/114/crpt/hrpt205/CRPT-114hrpt205.pdf
Accessed: 2026-11-09
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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."