2016 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 98 - Department of Agriculture Reorganization
Subchapter I - General Reorganization Authorities
Sec. 6913 - Reductions in number of Department personnel

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Citation 7 U.S.C. § 6913 (2016)
Section Name §6913. Reductions in number of Department personnel
Section Text (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), 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.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 103–354, title II, §213, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3211.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 98 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REORGANIZATION
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL REORGANIZATION AUTHORITIES
Sec. 6913 - Reductions in number of Department personnel
Contains section 6913
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 108 Stat. 115, 3211
Public Law References Public Law 103-226, Public Law 103-354
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