§ 5401. Establishment of Agricultural Council on Environmental Quality

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1990

   Conservation Program Improvements Act

   Pub. L. 101–624 title XIV § 1471 · 104 Stat. 3359

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 5401

   (Pub. L. 101–624, title XIV, § 1471, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3619.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Pub. L. 101–624, title XIV, § 1471, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3619.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 1471. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AGRICULTURAL COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. (a) Establishment.— The Secretary shall establish an Agricultural Council on Environmental Quality in the Department of Agriculture (hereafter in this subtitle referred to as the “Council”). The Council shall be under the direct authority of the Secretary, and shall be responsible for carrying out the provisions of this subtitle, and for coordination and direction of all environmental policies and programs of the Department. (b) Membership.— Membership of the Council shall consist of the Secretary, the Deputy Secretary, the Assistant Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, the Assistant Secretary for Science and Education, other under and assistant secretaries as may be designated by the Secretary, and the Director of the Office of Agricultural Environmental Quality, established in section 1472, who shall serve as the Executive Director of the Council. The Secretary shall designate a member of the Council, other than the Executive Director, as chair of the Council.

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