Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§2211 Powers and Duties of Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
Title 7 › CHAPTER 55 — DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › § 2211
Summary
Allows the Deputy Secretary to serve as the "first assistant" under 5 U.S.C. 3345 and to carry out other duties required by law or assigned by the Secretary.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §2211
Agriculture, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Deputy Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to exercise the functions and perform the duties of the first assistant of the Secretary of Agriculture within the meaning of section 3345 of title 5 and shall perform such other duties as may be required by law or prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification “Section 3345 of title 5” substituted in text for “section 177 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (U.S.C., title 5, sec. 4)” on authority of Pub. L. 89–554, § 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Section was formerly classified to section 514b of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, § 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
Amendments
1976—Pub. L. 94–561 substituted “Deputy Secretary of Agriculture” for Under Secretary of Agriculture.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1976 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 94–561 effective Oct. 19, 1976, see section 5 of Pub. L. 94–561, set out as a note under section 5313 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
7 U.S.C. § 2211
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102