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Title 7 — Agriculture

Chapter 98 — Department of Agriculture Reorganization

§ 7007. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs

Statutory text

(a)

Establishment

There is established in the Department the position of Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs.

(b)

Appointment

The Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

(c)

Functions

(1)

Principal functions

The Secretary shall delegate to the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs those functions and duties under the jurisdiction of the Department that are related to trade and foreign agricultural affairs.

(2)

Additional functions

The Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs shall perform such other functions and duties as may be—

(A)

required by law; or

(B)

prescribed by the Secretary.

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. Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994

    Pub. L. 103–354 title II § 287 · 108 Stat. 3178

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 7007

    (Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 287, as added Pub. L. 115–334, title XII, § 12413(2), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4980.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 287, as added Pub. L. 115–334, title XII, § 12413(2), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4980.)

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Credits

(Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 287, as added Pub. L. 115–334, title XII, § 12413(2), , 132 Stat. 4980.)

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