Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 98 — Department of Agriculture Reorganization
§ 6933. Office of Risk Management
Statutory text
Establishment
The Secretary shall establish and maintain in the Department an independent Office of Risk Management.
Functions of Office of Risk Management
The Office of Risk Management shall have jurisdiction over the following functions:
Supervision of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.
Administration and oversight of all aspects, including delivery through local offices of the Department, of all programs authorized under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).
Any pilot or other programs involving revenue insurance, risk management savings accounts, or the use of the futures market to manage risk and support farm income that may be established under the Federal Crop Insurance Act or other law.
Such other functions as the Secretary considers appropriate.
Administrator
Appointment
The Office of Risk Management shall be headed by an Administrator who shall be appointed by the Secretary.
Manager
The Administrator of the Office of Risk Management shall also serve as Manager of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.
Resources
Functional coordination
Certain functions of the Office of Risk Management, such as human resources, public affairs, and legislative affairs, may be provided by a consolidation of such functions under the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation.
Minimum provisions
Notwithstanding paragraph (1) or any other provision of law or order of the Secretary, the Secretary shall provide the Office of Risk Management with human and capital resources sufficient for the Office to carry out its functions in a timely and efficient manner.
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.
Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994
Pub. L. 103–354 title II § 226A · 108 Stat. 3178
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 6933
Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 226A, as added Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 194(a), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 945
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 226A, as added Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 194(a), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 945Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
Pub. L. 115–334 § 12415(a) · 132 Stat. 4490
Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 6933(a)
Pub. L. 115–334, § 12415(a), substituted “The Secretary” for “Subject to subsection (e), the Secretary”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–334, § 12415(a), substituted “The Secretary” for “Subject to subsection (e), the Secretary”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Office of Risk Management.— Section 226A(a) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6933(a)) is amended by striking “Subject to subsection (e), the Secretary” and inserting “The Secretary”.Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
Pub. L. 115–334 § 12405(a) · 132 Stat. 4490
Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 6933(d)(1)
Pub. L. 115–334, § 12405(a), substituted “Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation” for “Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 115–334, § 12405(a), substituted “Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation” for “Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Office of Risk Management.— Section 226A(d)(1) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6933(d)(1)) is amended by striking “Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services” and inserting “Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation”.
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Federal Crop Insurance Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), (3), is subtitle A of title V of act Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, 52 Stat. 72, which is classified generally to subchapter I (§ 1501 et seq.) of chapter 36 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1501 of this title and Tables.
Amendments
2018—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–334, § 12415(a), substituted “The Secretary” for “Subject to subsection (e), the Secretary”.
Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 115–334, § 12405(a), substituted “Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation” for “Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services”.
Credits
1996–2018 · 2 acts
- 1996Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 226A, as added Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 194(a), , 110 Stat. 945
- 2018amended Pub. L. 115–334, title XII, §§ 12405(a), 12415(a), , 132 Stat. 4975, 4981.
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(Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 226A, as added Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 194(a), , 110 Stat. 945; amended Pub. L. 115–334, title XII, §§ 12405(a), 12415(a), , 132 Stat. 4975, 4981.)