§ 6913. — Reductions in number of Department personnel.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC6913]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 98--DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REORGANIZATION
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL REORGANIZATION AUTHORITIES
Sec. 6913. Reductions in number of Department personnel
(a) Definitions
For purposes of this section:
(1) Headquarters offices
The term ``headquarters offices'', with respect to agencies,
offices, or other administrative units of the Department, means the
offices, functions, and employee positions that are located or
performed--
(A) in Washington, District of Columbia; or
(B) in such other locations as are identified by the
Secretary for purposes of this section.
(2) Field structure
The term ``field structure'' means the offices, functions, and
employee positions of all agencies, offices, or other administrative
units of the Department, other than the headquarters offices, except
that the term does not include State, county, or area committees
established under section 590h(b)(5) of title 16. The term includes
the physical and geographic locations of such agencies, offices, or
other administrative units.
(b) Number of reductions required
The Secretary shall achieve Federal employee reductions of at least
7,500 staff years within the Department by the end of fiscal year 1999.
Reductions in the number of full-time equivalent positions within the
Department achieved under section 5 of the Federal Workforce
Restructuring Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-226; 108 Stat. 115; 5 U.S.C.
3101 note) shall be counted toward the employee reductions required
under this section.
(c) Emphasis on headquarters offices reductions
In achieving the employee reductions required by subsection (b) of
this section, the Secretary shall pursue a goal so that the percentage
of the total number of employee staff years reduced in headquarters
offices is at least twice the percentage of the total number of employee
staff years reduced in the field structure.
(d) Schedule
The personnel reductions in headquarters offices and in the field
structure should be accomplished concurrently in a manner determined by
the Secretary.
(Pub. L. 103-354, title II, Sec. 213, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3211.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 6972 of this title.
