DRIs provide specific targets for intakes of relevant nutrients for the general population (196). The first DRIs were created by Presidential mandate in 1941 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt commissioned scientists to generate new minimum dietary requirements for the population to be prepared for World War II (197). In 1943, the first RDAs (a type of DRI) were published, providing science-based guidelines for target intakes of total calories, protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, and a few vitamins (198). Although DRIs are foundational to DGAs, the Nutrition Facts label, and other federal policies, there is no dedicated funding stream or statutory requirement for updating DRIs. Since the 1940s, DRIs have been updated sporadically dependent on available funding support provided by Congress to federal agencies (e.g., NIH and CDC) and, since the 1990s, additional contributions by the Canadian government (199). NASEM leads the updating of any DRI when requested by the federal government or instructed by Congress. Recently, a NASEM Consensus Study Report determined that crucial research gaps for setting DRIs remain largely unaddressed (200). Another challenge is there is no generally accepted process for deriving dietary reference values, which has led to several-fold differences in international recommendations and decreases their credibility (201, 202). The ICHNR DRI Subcommittee recommended that $2 million annually be placed and held in an agency's budget (e.g., ARS, CDC, and/or NIH) to establish a consistent funding stream for setting and updating of DRIs (203); this recommendation has not been implemented.