§ 6918. — Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC6918]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 98--DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REORGANIZATION
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL REORGANIZATION AUTHORITIES
Sec. 6918. Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture
(a) Authorization
The Secretary is authorized to establish in the Department the
positions of--
(1) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Congressional
Relations;
(2) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Administration; and
(3) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Civil Rights.
(b) Confirmation required
If the Secretary establishes any position of Assistant Secretary
authorized under subsection (a) of this section, the Assistant Secretary
shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate.
(c) Succession
Any official who is serving as Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
for Administration or Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for
Congressional Relations on October 13, 1994, and who was appointed as
such Assistant Secretary by the President, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, shall not be required to be reappointed under
subsection (b) of this section to the successor position authorized
under subsection (a) of this section if the Secretary establishes the
position, and the official occupies the new position, within 180 days
after October 13, 1994 (or such later date set by the Secretary if
litigation delays rapid succession).
(d) Duties of Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Civil Rights
The Secretary may delegate to the Assistant Secretary for Civil
Rights responsibility for--
(1) ensuring compliance with all civil rights and related laws
by all agencies and under all programs of the Department;
(2) coordinating administration of civil rights laws (including
regulations) within the Department for employees of, and
participants in, programs of the Department; and
(3) ensuring that necessary and appropriate civil rights
components are properly incorporated into all strategic planning
initiatives of the Department and agencies of the Department.
(Pub. L. 103-354, title II, Sec. 218, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3212;
Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, Sec. 101(a) [title X, Sec. 1001(1)], Oct. 21,
1998, 112 Stat. 2681, 2681-41; Pub. L. 107-171, title X, Sec. 10704(a),
May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 518.)
References in Text
The civil rights laws, referred to in subsec. (d)(1), (2), are
classified generally to chapter 21 (Sec. 1981 et seq.) of Title 42, The
Public Health and Welfare.
Amendments
2002--Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 107-171, Sec. 10704(a)(1), added par.
(3).
Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 107-171, Sec. 10704(a)(2), added subsec.
(d) and struck out former subsecs. (d) and (e), which amended section
5315 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, and section 3128
of this title and repealed sections 2212 to 2212c of this title and
section 2 of Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1953, set out as a note under section
2201 of this title.
1998--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-277 inserted ``and'' at end of par.
(1), substituted a period for ``; and'' at end of par. (2), and struck
out par. (3) which read as follows: ``Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
for Marketing and Regulatory Programs.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 7014 of this title.
