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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3171

To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to reorganize the Department

of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 29, 1993

Mr. DE LA GARZA (for himself, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. PENNY, Mr. VOLKMER,

Mr. ENGLISH of Oklahoma, Mr. GLICKMAN, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. DOOLEY, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr.

SARPALIUS, Mr. HILLIARD, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. MINGE,

Ms. LONG, Mr. HOLDEN, and Mr. FARR of California) (all by request)

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

APRIL 26, 1994

Additional sponsors: Mr. BROWN of California and Mr. RAVENEL

A BILL

To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to reorganize the

Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be referred to as the ‘‘Department of

5 Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1993’’.
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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

2 The Congress finds that, over a period of years, nu3 merous provisions have been enacted which impose con4 straints on, or otherwise limit, the authority of the Sec5 retary of Agriculture (hereinafter ‘‘Secretary’’) to organize

6 and manage efficiently the programs and activities of the

7 Department of Agriculture. The purpose of this Act is to

8 remove such constraints and limitations and to afford the

9 Secretary full authority more efficiently and effectively to

10 carry out such programs and activities and to achieve

11 economies in the organization and management of such

12 programs.

13 SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS TO THE SECRETARY OF

14 AGRICULTURE.

15 (a) Subject to the exceptions specified in subsection

16 (b) of this section, there are hereby transferred to the Sec17 retary all functions not now vested in the Secretary of all

18 other officers, and of all agencies, offices, and employees,

19 of the Department of Agriculture.

20 (b) This section shall not apply to—

21 (1) the functions vested by subchapter II, chap22 ter 5, of title 5, United States Code, in administra23 tive law judges employed by the Department of Agri24 culture;
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1 (2) the functions vested by the Inspector Gen2 eral Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) in the Inspector

3 General of the Department;

4 (3) the functions vested by subtitle I, chapter 9,

5 of title 31, United States Code, in the Chief Finan6 cial Officer of the Department;

7 (4) corporations of the Department of Agri8 culture or the boards of directors and officers of

9 such corporations; or

10 (5) the Advisory Board of the Commodity Cred11 it Corporation.

12 (c) The Secretary may from time to time make such

13 provisions as the Secretary may deem appropriate author14 izing the performance by any officer, or by any agency,

15 office, or employee, of the Department of Agriculture of

16 any function of the Secretary, including any function

17 transferred to the Secretary by this Act.

18 (d) In carrying out subsection (c) of this section, the

19 Secretary shall seek to simplify and make efficient the op20 eration of the Department of Agriculture, to improve ac21 cessibility at State and local levels to farm and other pro22 grams of the Department of Agriculture, and, insofar as

23 possible, to adapt the administration of the programs of

24 the Department to regional, State, and local conditions.
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1 (e) The Secretary may from time to time effect such

2 transfers within the Department of Agriculture of any of

3 the records, property, and personnel affected by transfers

4 and delegations of functions undertaken pursuant to this

5 section and such transfers of unexpended balances (avail6 able or to be made available for use in connection with

7 any affected function, agency, or office) of appropriations,

8 allocations, and other funds of such Department, as the

9 Secretary may deem necessary to carry out the provisions

10 of this Act; but such unexpended balances so transferred

11 shall be used only for the purposes for which such funds

12 were originally made available.

13 SEC. 4. NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION.

14 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 426 of the

15 Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended (7 U.S.C.

16 1433e(c)), or section 333B of the Consolidated Farm and

17 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.1983b) the Secretary is

18 authorized to establish and utilize a National Appeals Di19 vision, and to assign thereto administrative appeals arising

20 under those or any other statutes conferring authorities

21 upon the Secretary or the Department of Agriculture: Pro22 vided, however, That the Secretary may by regulation es23 tablish a single set of procedures which apply to appeals

24 arising under such sections; And provided further, That

25 the rights afforded program participants under those sec-
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1 tions shall not be limited or abridged by this section. The

2 Secretary is authorized to make final decisions in appeals,

3 including, but not limited to, appeals filed under section

4 426 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 or section 333B of

5 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, or to

6 delegate authority to make such final decisions to the per7 son charged with direction of the National Appeals Divi8 sion, so long as such division exists, or to any other official

9 of the Department of Agriculture or any successor agency

10 as the Secretary determines appropriate.

11 TITLE I—FARM AND INTERNATIONAL

12 TRADE SERVICES

13 SEC. 101. UNDER SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE FOR FARM

14 AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE SERVICES.

15 (a) There is hereby established in the Department of

16 Agriculture the position of Under Secretary of Agriculture

17 for Farm and International Trade Services to be ap18 pointed by the President, by and with the advice and con19 sent of the Senate. The Under Secretary of Agriculture

20 for Farm and International Trade Services shall exercise

21 such functions and perform such duties related to farm

22 and international trade services, and shall perform such

23 other duties, as may be required by law or prescribed by

24 the Secretary of Agriculture.
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1 (b) Section 501 of the Agricultural Trade Act of

2 1978, as amended, 7 U.S.C. 5691 is repealed: Provided,

3 That any official serving as Under Secretary of Agri4 culture for International Affairs and Commodity Pro5 grams upon the date of enactment of this Act, after ap6 pointment by the President, by and with the advice and

7 consent of the Senate, shall be considered thereafter to

8 be serving in the successor position established by sub9 section (a) of this section, and shall not be required to

10 be reappointed by reason of the enactment of this Act.

11 (c) Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, is

12 amended by deleting ‘‘Under Secretary of Agriculture for

13 International Affairs and Commodity Programs.’’ and in14 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Under Secretary of Agriculture for

15 Farm and International Trade Services.’’.

16 SEC. 102. FARM SERVICE AGENCY.

17 (a) The Secretary is authorized to establish and

18 maintain within the Department of Agriculture the Farm

19 Service Agency and to assign thereto such functions as

20 the Secretary may deem appropriate in connection with

21 administration and implementation of authorities assigned

22 to the Secretary by law. The Secretary is authorized spe23 cifically to carry out through such agency, or through any

24 other officer or agency of the Department as the Secretary

25 may deem appropriate, price and income support and
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1 other related programs, except for conservation programs

2 authorized to be assigned to the Natural Resources Con3 servation Service by section 401 of this Act; general super4 vision of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation; and,

5 notwithstanding section 331 of the Consolidated Farm

6 and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1981) or any other

7 provision of law, agricultural credit programs formerly as8 signed by law to the Farmers Home Administration in9 cluding, but not limited to, farm ownership, operating,

10 emergency and disaster loan programs and other lending

11 programs for farmers and others engaged in the produc12 tion of agricultural crops. The Administrator of the Farm

13 Service Agency or of any successor agency, or any other

14 official whom the Secretary may designate, shall also serve

15 as manager of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.

16 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including the

17 civil service laws, the Secretary is authorized to utilize

18 interchangeably, in the implementation of programs and

19 activities assigned to the Farm Service Agency or any suc20 cessor agency, both Federal employees and employees of

21 county and area committees established under section 8(b)

22 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16

23 U.S.C. 590h(b)); and to provide interchangeably for su24 pervision by any such employees of the performance of

25 functions assigned to such agency.
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1 (b) Subsection (a) of section 505 of the Federal Crop

2 Insurance Act (7 U.S.C.1505(a)) is amended by deleting

3 ‘‘the Under Secretary or Assistant Secretary of Agri4 culture responsible for the farm credit programs of the

5 Department of Agriculture,’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

6 ‘‘one additional Under or Assistant Secretary of Agri7 culture, as designated by the Secretary,’’.

8 (c) Subsection (d) of section 507 of the Federal Crop

9 Insurance Act (7 U.S.C.1507(d)) is amended by replacing

10 the comma with a period after the words ‘‘section 516 of

11 this Act’’, and by deleting the remainder of the subsection.

12 (d) Section 331(a) of the Consolidated Farm and

13 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1981(a)) is amended

14 by deleting therefrom ‘‘to the Farmers Home Administra15 tion’’ and all that follows through the end of the sub16 section and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘to such officers or

17 agencies of the Department of Agriculture as the Sec18 retary may deem appropriate.’’.

19 SEC. 103. STATE, COUNTY AND AREA COMMITTEES.

20 (a) The fifth undesignated paragraph of section 8(b)

21 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16

22 U.S.C. 590h(b)) is amended to read:

23 ‘‘In each state the Secretary may appoint a state

24 committee composed of not fewer than three nor more

25 than five members who are fairly representative of the
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1 farmers in the state to serve at the pleasure of the Sec2 retary for such term as the Secretary may establish. In

3 each county or area in which activities are carried out

4 under this section, the Secretary may establish a county

5 or area committee. Any such committee shall consist of

6 five members who are fairly representative of the farmers

7 in the county or area, three of whom shall be elected by

8 the farmers in such county or area under such procedures

9 as the Secretary may prescribe and two of whom shall be

10 appointed by the Secretary. Members of each county or

11 area committee shall serve for terms not to exceed three

12 years. The Secretary may appoint to the state or county

13 or area committees non-farmer individuals who have expe14 rience or expertise in the area of agricultural finance,

15 management or law. The Secretary may use the services

16 of such committees in carrying out programs under this

17 section and under other authorities administered by the

18 Secretary including, but not limited to, sections 332 and

19 333 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development

20 Act. The Secretary shall make such regulations as the Sec21 retary may deem necessary relating to the selection and

22 exercise of the functions of the respective committees, and

23 to the administration through such committees of such

24 programs. In carrying out the provisions of this section,

25 the Secretary shall, insofar as practicable, protect the in-
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1 terests of tenants and sharecroppers; is authorized to use

2 other approved agencies; shall accord such encouragement

3 to producer-owned and producer-controlled cooperative as4 sociations as will be in harmony with the policy toward

5 cooperative associations set forth in existing acts of Con6 gress and as will tend to promote efficient methods of

7 marketing and distribution; shall not have power to ac8 quire any land or any right or interest therein; shall, in

9 every practicable manner, protect the interests of small

10 producers; and shall in every practical way encourage and

11 provide for soil-conserving and soil-rebuilding practices.

12 Rules and regulations governing payments or grants under

13 this subsection shall be as simple and direct as possible,

14 and, whenever practicable, they shall be classified on two

15 bases: (a) Soil-depleting practices, (b) soil-building prac16 tices.’’.

17 (b) Section 332 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural

18 Development Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1982), is re19 pealed.

20 (c) Section 333 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural

21 Development Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1983), is further

22 amended by deleting paragraph (2) in its entirety and re23 numbering paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (2),

24 (3), and (4), respectively.
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1 SEC. 104. INTERNATIONAL TRADE SERVICE.

2 (a) The Secretary is authorized to establish and

3 maintain within the Department of Agriculture the Inter4 national Trade Service and to assign thereto such func5 tions as the Secretary may deem appropriate in connection

6 with administration and implementation of authorities as7 signed to the Secretary by law. The Secretary is author8 ized specifically to carry out through such agency, or

9 through such other officers or agencies of the Department

10 of Agriculture as the Secretary may deem appropriate pro11 grams and activities including, but not limited to, acquir12 ing of information pertaining to agricultural trade, carry13 ing out market promotion and development activities, pro14 motion of exports of United States agricultural commod15 ities, administration of international food assistance pro16 grams, and programs related to international develop17 ment, technical assistance and training.

18 (b) Sections 502 and 503 of the Agricultural Trade

19 Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5692 and 5693) are repealed.

20 TITLE II—RURAL ECONOMIC AND

21 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

22 SEC. 201. UNDER SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE FOR

23 RURAL ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVEL24 OPMENT.

25 (a) Section 3(a) of the Rural Development Policy Act

26 of 1980 (7 U.S.C. 2211b) is hereby amended to read:
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1 ‘‘There is hereby established in the Department of

2 Agriculture the position of Under Secretary of Agriculture

3 for Rural Economic and Community Development to be

4 appointed by the President, by and with the advice and

5 consent of the Senate. The Under Secretary of Agriculture

6 for Rural Economic and Community Development shall

7 exercise such functions and perform such duties related

8 to rural economic and community development, and shall

9 perform such other duties, as may be required by law or

10 prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture.’’.

11 (b) Any official serving as Under Secretary of Agri12 culture for Small Community and Rural Development

13 upon the date of enactment of this Act, after appointment

14 by the President, by and with the advice and consent of

15 the Senate, shall be considered thereafter to be serving

16 in the successor position established by subsection (a) of

17 this section, and shall not be required to be reappointed

18 by reasons of the enactment of this Act.

19 (c) Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code is

20 amended by deleting ‘‘Under Secretary of Agriculture for

21 Small Community and Rural Development.’’ and inserting

22 in lieu thereof ‘‘Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural

23 Economic and Community Development.’’
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1 SEC. 202. RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE.

2 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in3 cluding but not limited to section 364 of the Consolidated

4 Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2006f), the

5 Secretary is authorized to establish and maintain within

6 the Department of Agriculture the Rural Utilities Service,

7 and to assign thereto such functions as the Secretary may

8 deem appropriate in connection with administration of au9 thorities assigned to the Secretary by law. The Secretary

10 is authorized specifically to carry out through such agency,

11 or through any other officer or agency of the Department

12 as the Secretary may deem appropriate, electric and tele13 phone loan programs and water and waste facility activi14 ties authorized under statutes including, but not limited

15 to, the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901

16 et seq.), and section 2322 of the Food, Agriculture, Con17 servation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 1926–1); and

18 those water and waste facility programs and activities au19 thorized under statutes including, but not limited to, sec20 tions 306, 306A, 306B, 306C, 309 and 309A (regarding

21 assets and programs related to water and sewer pro22 grams), 310B(b)(2), and 342 of the Consolidated Farm

23 and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926, 1926a,

24 1926b, 1926c, 1929, 1929a, 1932(b)(2) and 1013a), and

25 section 2324 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and

26 Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 1926 note).
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1 (b) The Rural Electrification Act of 1936 is amend2 ed—

3 (1) in section 1 (7 U.S.C. 901), by deleting the

4 first sentence;

5 (2) in section 2 (7 U.S.C. 902), by deleting

6 ‘‘Administrator’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Sec7 retary of Agriculture’’;

8 (3) in subsection (a) of section 3 (7 U.S.C.

9 903(a)), by deleting ‘‘Administrator, upon the re10 quest and approval of the Secretary of Agriculture,’’

11 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Secretary’’;

12 (4) in subsection (a) of section 3 (7 U.S.C.

13 903(a)), by deleting ‘‘Administrator appointed pur14 suant to the provisions of this Act or from the Ad15 ministrator of the Rural Electrification Administra16 tion established by Executive Order Numbered

17 7037’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Secretary’’;

18 (5) in section 8 (7 U.S.C. 908), by deleting

19 ‘‘Administrator authorized to be appointed by this

20 Act’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Secretary’’; and

21 by deleting ‘‘Rural Electrification Administration

22 created by this Act’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

23 ‘‘Secretary’’;

24 (6) by deleting section 11A (7 U.S.C. 911a);
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1 (7) in section 13 (7 U.S.C. 913), by inserting

2 immediately before the period at the end thereof ‘‘;

3 the term ‘Secretary’ shall be deemed to mean the

4 Secretary of Agriculture’’;

5 (8) in section 15 (7 U.S.C. 915), by deleting

6 ‘‘Rural Electrification Administration’’ and inserting

7 in lieu thereof ‘‘Secretary’’;

8 (9) in sections 206(b)(2), 306A(b), 311, and

9 405(b)(1)(A) (7 U.S.C. 927(b)(2), 936a(b), and

10 945(b)(1)(A)), by deleting ‘‘Rural Electrification Ad11 ministration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Sec12 retary’’;

13 (10) in section 403(b) (7 U.S.C. 943(b)), by de14 leting ‘‘Rural Electrification Administration or of

15 any other agency of the Department of Agriculture,’’

16 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Secretary,’’;

17 (11) in section 404 (7 U.S.C. 944), by deleting

18 ‘‘the Administrator of the Rural Electrification Ad19 ministration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the Sec20 retary of Agriculture shall designate an official of

21 the Department of Agriculture who’’;

22 (12) in sections 406(c) and 410 (7 U.S.C.

23 946(c) and 950), by deleting ‘‘Administrator of the

24 Rural Electrification Administration’’ and inserting

25 in lieu thereof ‘‘Secretary’’; and
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1 (13) except as otherwise provided in this sub2 section, by deleting the term ‘‘Administrator’’ wher3 ever it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Sec4 retary’’.

5 (c) Section 236(a) of the Disaster Relief Act, 1970,

6 7 U.S.C. 912a, is amended by deleting ‘‘Rural Electrifica7 tion Administration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Sec8 retary pursuant to the Rural Electrification Act of 1936’’.

9 (d) Section 401 of the Rural Electrification Act of

10 1938 (7 U.S.C. 903 note, 52 Stat. 818), is amended in

11 the second paragraph by deleting ‘‘Administrator of the

12 Rural Electrification Administration’’ and inserting in lieu

13 thereof ‘‘Secretary of Agriculture’’.

14 (e) Title XXIII, subtitle D, chapter 1 (Distance

15 Learning and Medical Link Programs), of Public Law

16 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq.) is amended by deleting

17 paragraph (1) of section 2333, and by deleting ‘‘Adminis18 trator’’ wherever it appears and insert in in lieu thereof

19 ‘‘Secretary’’.

20 SEC. 203. RURAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICE.

21 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including

22 but not limited to section 364 of the Consolidated Farm

23 and Rural Development Act, as amended (7 U.S.C.

24 2006f), the Secretary is authorized to establish and main25 tain within the Department of Agriculture the Rural Com-
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1 munity Development Service, and to assign thereto such

2 functions as the Secretary may deem appropriate in con3 nection with administration of authorities assigned to the

4 Secretary by law. The Secretary is authorized specifically

5 to carry out through such agency, or through any other

6 officer or agency of the Department as the Secretary may

7 deem appropriate, programs and activities under title V

8 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1471,

9 et seq.); programs and activities authorized by statutes in10 cluding, but not limited to, section 310B(i) of the Consoli11 dated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended (7

12 U.S.C. 1932(i)); and those programs and activities which

13 relate to rural community lending programs including, but

14 not limited to, those authorized by sections 365 through

15 369 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development

16 Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 2008–2008d).

17 SEC. 204 RURAL BUSINESS AND COOPERATIVE DEVELOP18 MENT SERVICE.

19 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including

20 but not limited to section 364 of the Consolidated Farm

21 and Rural Development Act, as amended (7 U.S.C.

22 2006f), the Secretary is authorized to establish and main23 tain within the Department of Agriculture the Rural Busi24 ness and Cooperative Development Service, and to assign

25 thereto such functions as the Secretary may deem appro-
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1 priate in connection with administration of authorities as2 signed to the Secretary by law. The Secretary is author3 ized specifically to carry out through such agency, or

4 through any other officer or agency of the Department

5 as the Secretary may deem appropriate, programs and ac6 tivities relating to rural business development authorized

7 by statutes including, but not limited to, sections 12 and

8 312 and title V of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936,

9 as amended (7 U.S.C. 912, 940b, and 950aa et seq.); title

10 XVI, subtitle G, of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation,

11 and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5901–5908); sections

12 306(a)(1) and 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural

13 Development Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(1) and

14 1932); section 1323 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (98

15 Stat. 1534); and the Cooperative Marketing Act of 1926

16 (7 U.S.C. 451–457).

17 TITLE III—FOOD, NUTRITION AND

18 CONSUMER SERVICES

19 SEC. 301. UNDER SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE FOR FOOD,

20 NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES

21 (a) There is hereby established in the Department of

22 Agriculture the position of Under Secretary of Agriculture

23 for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services to be ap24 pointed by the President, by and with the advice and con25 sent of the Senate. The Under Secretary of Agriculture
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1 for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services shall exercise

2 such functions and perform such duties related to food,

3 nutrition, and consumer services, and shall perform such

4 other duties, as may be required by law or prescribed by

5 the Secretary of Agriculture.

6 (b) Any official serving as Assistant Secretary of Ag7 riculture for Food and Consumer Services upon the date

8 of enactment of this Act, after appointment by the Presi9 dent, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,

10 shall be considered thereafter to be serving in the succes11 sor position established by subsection (a) of this section,

12 and shall not be required to be reappointed by reason of

13 the enactment of this Act.

14 (c) Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, is

15 amended by inserting at the end thereof ‘‘Under Secretary

16 of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Serv17 ices.’’.

18 SEC. 302. FOOD AND CONSUMER SERVICE.

19 The Secretary is authorized to establish and maintain

20 with the Department of Agriculture the Food and

21 Consumer Service, and to assign thereto such functions

22 as the Secretary may deem appropriate in connection with

23 administration of authorities assigned to the Secretary by

24 law. The Secretary is authorized specifically to carry out

25 through such agency, or through any other officer or agen-
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1 cy of the Department as the Secretary may deem appro2 priate, programs and activities authorized under statutes

3 including, but not limited to, the Food Stamp Act of 1977,

4 as amended (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); the National School

5 Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.); and the Child Nutri6 tion Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.).

7 SEC. 303. NUTRITION RESEARCH AND EDUCATION SERV8 ICE.

9 The Secretary is authorized to establish and maintain

10 within the Department of Agriculture the Nutrition Re11 search and Education Service, and to assign thereto such

12 functions as the Secretary may deem appropriate in con13 nection with administration of authorities assigned to the

14 Secretary by law. The Secretary is authorized specifically

15 to carry out through such agency, or through any other

16 officer or agency of the Department as the Secretary may

17 deem appropriate, programs, and activities relating to

18 human nutrition research and education.

19 TITLE IV—NATURAL RESOURCES AND

20 ENVIRONMENT

21 SEC. 401. NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE.

22 (a) The Secretary is authorized to establish and

23 maintain within the Department of Agriculture the Natu24 ral Resources Conservation Service, and to assign thereto

25 such functions as the Secretary may deem appropriate in
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1 connection with administration of authorities assigned to

2 the Secretary by law. The Secretary is authorized specifi3 cally to carry out through such agency, or through any

4 other officer or agency of the Department as the Secretary

5 may deem appropriate, programs and activities authorized

6 under statutes including, but not limited to, title X of the

7 Agricultural Act of 1970 (16 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.); the

8 Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C.

9 590a et seq.); the Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301 et

10 seq.); section 4 of the Cooperative Forestry Act of 1978

11 (16 U.S.C. 2103); title XII of the Food Security Act of

12 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.); title IV of the Agricultural

13 Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201–2205); and section

14 202(c) of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act

15 (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)).

16 (b) Section 5 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic

17 Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590e) is repealed.

18 (c) The Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act

19 of 1977 is amended—

20 (1) in section 2 (16 U.S.C. 2001), by deleting

21 ‘‘the Soil Conservation Service of’’;

22 (2) in paragraph (2) of section 3 (16 U.S.C.

23 2002(2)), by deleting ‘‘through the Soil Conservation

24 Service’’; and
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1 (3) in subsection (a) of section 6 (16 U.S.C.

2 2005(a)), by deleting ‘‘Soil Conservation Service’’

3 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Secretary’’.

4 TITLE V—MARKETING AND INSPECTION

5 SERVICES

6 SEC. 501. GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS

7 ADMINISTRATION.

8 (a) The Secretary is authorized to establish and

9 maintain within the Department of Agriculture the Grain

10 Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration and to

11 assign thereto such functions as the Secretary may deem

12 appropriate in connection with administration of authori13 ties assigned to the Secretary by law. The Secretary is

14 authorized specifically to carry out through such agency,

15 or through any other officer or agency of the Department

16 as the Secretary may deem appropriate, programs and ac17 tivities authorized under the United States Grain Stand18 ards Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.); and the Pack19 ers and Stockyards Act, 1921, as amended (7 U.S.C. 181

20 et seq.).

21 (b) The United States Grain Standards Act, as

22 amended (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.), is further amended—

23 (1) in section 3, by deleting subsections (z) and

24 (aa) (7 U.S.C. 75(z) and (aa));

25 (2) by deleting section 3A (7 U.S.C. 75a);
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1 (3) in section 5(a)(3) (7 U.S.C. 77(a)(3)), by

2 deleting ‘‘Service employees’’ and inserting in lieu

3 thereof ‘‘employees of the Secretary’’;

4 (4) in sections 7(j)(2) and 7A(l)(2) (7 U.S.C.

5 79(j)(2) and 79a(l)(2)), respectively, by deleting

6 ‘‘supervision by Service personnel of its field office

7 personnel’’ and inserting in lieu thereof’’ supervision

8 by the Secretary of the Secretary’s field office per9 sonnel’’;

10 (5) in section 12(c) (7 U.S.C. 87a(c)), by delet11 ing ‘‘or Administrator’’;

12 (6) in section 12(d) (7 U.S.C. 87a(d)), by delet13 ing ‘‘or the Administrator’’; and

14 (7) except as otherwise provided in this sub15 section, by deleting ‘‘Administrator’’ and ‘‘Service’’

16 wherever they appear and inserting in lieu thereof

17 ‘‘Secretary’’.

18 (c) Section 407 of the Packers and Stockyards Act,

19 1921, as amended (7 U.S.C. 228), is further amended by

20 deleting subsection (b) and redesignating subsections (c),

21 (d), (e), and (f), as subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e), re22 spectively.
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1 TITLE VI—RESEARCH, ECONOMICS AND

2 EDUCATION

3 SEC. 601. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

4 SERVICE.

5 The Secretary is authorized to establish and maintain

6 within the Department of Agriculture the Agricultural Re7 search and Education Service and to assign thereto such

8 functions as the Secretary may deem appropriate in con9 nection with administration of authorities assigned to the

10 Secretary by law. The Secretary is authorized specifically

11 to carry out through such agency, or through any other

12 officer or agency of the Department as the Secretary may

13 deem appropriate, programs and activities authorized by

14 statutes relating to agricultural research functions, coop15 erative research programs, agricultural extension and edu16 cation programs, and the provision of agricultural infor17 mation and library services.

18 SEC. 602. AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS SERVICE.

19 The Secretary is authorized to establish and maintain

20 within the Department of Agriculture the Agricultural

21 Economic Service and to assign thereto such functions as

22 the Secretary may deem appropriate in connection with

23 administration of authorities assigned to the Secretary by

24 law. The Secretary is authorized specifically to carry out

25 through such agency, or through any other officer or agen-
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1 cy of the Department as the Secretary may deem appro2 priate, programs and activities authorized by statutes re3 lating to economic analysis and research functions and en4 ergy-related programs.

5 SEC. 603. NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE.

6 The Secretary is authorized to establish and maintain

7 within the Department of Agriculture the National Agri8 cultural Statistics Service and to assign thereto such func9 tions as the Secretary may deem appropriate in connection

10 with administration of authorities assigned to the Sec11 retary by law. The Secretary is authorized specifically to

12 carry out through such agency, or through any other offi13 cer or agency of the Department as the Secretary may

14 deem appropriate, programs and activities relating to the

15 preparation and reporting of crop and livestock estimates

16 and agricultural statistics.

17 TITLE VII—ANCILLARY PROVISIONS

18 SEC. 701. ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF AGRICULTURE.

19 (a) There are established in the Department of Agri20 culture six Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture, each to

21 be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and

22 consent of the Senate. Each Assistant Secretary of Agri23 culture shall exercise such functions and perform such du24 ties as may be required by law or prescribed by the Sec25 retary of Agriculture, and shall receive compensation at
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1 the rate now or hereafter prescribed by law for Assistant

2 Secretaries of Agriculture.

3 (b) The following provisions are hereby repealed—

4 (1) Section 2 of the Act of February 9, 1889,

5 as amended (7 U.S.C. 2212);

6 (2) Section 2 of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of

7 1953 (5 U.S.C. App);

8 (3) Section 604(a) of the Rural Development

9 Act of 1972 (7 U.S.C. 2212a);

10 (4) Section 2 of Public Law No. 94–561, Octo11 ber 19, 1976 (7 U.S.C. 2212b);

12 (5) Subsection (d) of section 1413 of the Food

13 and Agriculture Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C.

14 3128 (d)); and

15 (6) Subsection (a) of section 8 of the Inter16 national Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs Act (7

17 U.S.C. 2212c).

18 (c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this

19 section, any officials serving in any of the positions au20 thorized by those provisions upon the date of enactment

21 of this Act, after appointment by the President, by and

22 with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall be consid23 ered thereafter to be serving in the successor positions es24 tablished by subsection (a) of this section and shall not
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1 be required to be reappointed by reason of the enactment

2 of this Act.

3 (d) Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is

4 amended by deleting ‘‘Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture

5 (7)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Assistant Secretaries

6 of Agriculture (6)’’.

7 SEC. 702. REPEAL OF OBSOLETE PROVISIONS.

8 Section 5316 of title 5, United States Code, is

9 amended by deleting therefrom—

10 (1) ‘‘Administrator, Agricultural Marketing

11 Service, Department of Agriculture.’’;

12 (2) ‘‘Administrator, Agricultural Research Serv13 ice, Department of Agriculture.’’;

14 (3) ‘‘Administrator, Agricultural Stabilization

15 and Conservation Service, Department of Agri16 culture.’’;

17 (4) ‘‘Administrator, Farmers Home Administra18 tion.’’;

19 (5) ‘‘Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Serv20 ice, Department of Agriculture.’’;

21 (6) ‘‘Administrator, Rural Electrification Ad22 ministration, Department of Agriculture.’’;

23 (7) ‘‘Administrator, Soil Conservation Service,

24 Department of Agriculture.’’;
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1 (8) ‘‘Chief Forester of the Forest Service, De2 partment of Agriculture.’’;

3 (9) ‘‘Director of Science and Education, De4 partment of Agriculture.’’;

5 (10) ‘‘Administrator, Animal and Plant Health

6 Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture.’’;

7 and

8 (11) ‘‘Administrator, Federal Grain Inspection

9 Service, Department of Agriculture.’’.

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