§6951 Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture can create a job called Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services. If the job is created, the President must pick the person and the Senate must approve. The Secretary must give the Under Secretary the Department’s work on food, nutrition, and consumer services (except as set out in section 6981(b)(1)). The Under Secretary must also do other duties required by law or given by the Secretary. Any person who was serving as Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Food and Consumer Services on October 13, 1994, and who was appointed by the President with Senate approval, does not need to be reappointed to the new Under Secretary job if the Secretary makes the change and places that person in the new job within 180 days after October 13, 1994 (or later if the Secretary delays because of litigation).