§7005 — Title 7 Agriculture | U.S. Code

Summary

Allows the Secretary of Agriculture to create an Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs. If created, the President must pick the Under Secretary and the Senate must approve that pick. When set up, the Secretary must give the Under Secretary duties tied to agricultural marketing, animal and plant health inspection, grain inspection, and packers and stockyards. The Under Secretary also must carry out other duties required by law or given by the Secretary. An Assistant Secretary holding that job on October 21, 1998, who was appointed by the President with Senate approval, does not need a new appointment if the Secretary makes the new post and the person steps into it within 180 days after October 21, 1998 (or later if the Secretary allows due to litigation delays).

Title 7, §7005

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(a)The Secretary is authorized to establish in the Department the position of Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs.

(b)If the Secretary establishes the position of Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs authorized under subsection (a), the Under Secretary shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

(c)(1)Upon establishment, the Secretary shall delegate to the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs those functions and duties under the jurisdiction of the Department that are related to agricultural marketing, animal and plant health inspection, grain inspection, and packers and stockyards.

(2)The Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs shall perform such other functions and duties as may be required by law or prescribed by the Secretary.

(d)Any official who is serving as Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs on October 21, 1998, and who was appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall not be required to be reappointed under subsection (b) to the successor position authorized under subsection (a) if the Secretary establishes the position, and the official occupies the new position, within 180 days after October 21, 1998 (or such later date set by the Secretary if litigation delays rapid succession).

Editorial Notes

Codification Section is comprised of section 285 of Pub. L. 103–354, as added by Pub. L. 105–277. Subsec. (e) of section 285 of Pub. L. 103–354 amended section 5314 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

§7005 Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

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Title 7, §7005

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