2000 U.S. Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 98 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REORGANIZATION
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL REORGANIZATION AUTHORITIES
Sec. 6918 - Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture

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§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; and

(2) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Administration.

(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).

(Pub. L. 103–354, title II, §218, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3212; Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, §101(a) [title X, §1001(1)], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681, 2681–41.)

Codification

Section is comprised of section 218 of Pub. L. 103–354. Subsec. (d) of section 218 of Pub. L. 103–354 amended section 5315 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Subsec. (e) of section 218 of Pub. L. 103–354 amended section 3128 of this title and repealed sections 2212 to 2212c of this title and section 2 of Reorg.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.

Amendments

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.”