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Union Calendar No. 390
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3171
[Report No. 103–714]
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 Da-
kota, 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 Ag-
riculture
APRIL 26, 1994
Additional sponsors: Mr. BROWN of California and Mr. RAVENEL
AUGUST 23, 1994
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on September 29, 1993]
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to reorganize the
Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
TITLE I—GENERAL REORGANIZATION AUTHORITIES
Sec. 101. Transfer of Department functions to Secretary of Agriculture.
Sec. 102. National Appeals Division.
Sec. 103. Reductions in number of Department personnel.
Sec. 104. Combination of field offices.
Sec. 105. Improvement of information sharing.
Sec. 106. Director of External affairs.
Sec. 107. Director for Administration.
TITLE II—FARM AND FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES
Sec. 201. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural
Services.
Sec. 202. Agricultural Service Agency.
Sec. 203. State, county, and area committees.
TITLE III—RURAL ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
Sec. 301. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Economic and Community
Development.
TITLE IV—FOOD, NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES
Sec. 401. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer
Services.
TITLE V—NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
Sec. 501. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environ-
ment.
TITLE VI—RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS
Sec. 601. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Econom-
ics.
TITLE VII—FOOD SAFETY
Sec. 701. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety.
TITLE VIII—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 801. Expansion of issues covered by State mediation programs.
Sec. 802. Successorship provisions relating to bargaining units and exclusive rep-
resentatives.
Sec. 803. Conditions on implementation of alteration in level of selenium allowed
in animal diets.
Sec. 804. Office of environmental risk assessment.
Sec. 805. Repeal of superseded provisions.
Sec. 806. Conforming amendments.
Sec. 807. Proposed conforming amendments.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
Except where the context requires otherwise, for pur-
poses of this Act:
(1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’
means the Department of Agriculture.
(2) NATIONAL
APPEALS
DIVISION.—The term
‘‘National Appeals Division’’ means the National Ap-
peals Division of the Department established under
section 102.
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of Agriculture.
TITLE I—GENERAL
REORGANIZATION AUTHORITIES
SEC. 101. TRANSFER OF DEPARTMENT FUNCTIONS TO SEC-
RETARY OF AGRICULTURE.
(a) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.—Except as provided in
subsection (b), there are hereby transferred to the Secretary
of Agriculture all functions of all agencies, offices, officers,
and employees of the Department that are not already vest-
ed in the Secretary as of the date of the enactment of this
Act.
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to
the following functions:
(1) Functions vested by subchapter II of chapter
5 of title 5, United States Code, in administrative
law judges employed by the Department.
(2) Functions vested by the Inspector General
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) in the Inspector General
of the Department.
(3) Functions vested by chapter 9 of title 31,
United States Code, in the Chief Financial Officer of
the Department.
(4) Functions vested in the corporations of the
Department or the boards of directors and officers of
such corporations.
(5) Functions vested in the Alternative Agricul-
tural Research and Commercialization Board by the
Alternative Agricultural Research and Commer-
cialization Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5901 et seq.).
(6) Functions vested in the advisory board of the
Commodity Credit Corporation established by section
9(b) of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter
Act (15 U.S.C. 714g(b)).
(c) DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.—
(1) 
DELEGATION
AUTHORIZED.—Subject 
to
paragraph (2), the Secretary may delegate to any
agency, office, officer, or employee of the Department
the authority to perform any function transferred to
the Secretary under subsection (a) or any other func-
tion vested in the Secretary as of the date of the en-
actment of this Act.
(2) EXCEPTION.—The delegation authority pro-
vided by paragraph (1) shall be subject to—
(A) sections 105(b)(1), 106(b)(1), 201(b)(1),
202(b)(1), 
301(b)(1), 
401(b)(1), 
501(b)(1),
601(b)(1), 601(c)(2), 701(b)(1), 803, and 904 of
this Act;
(B) sections 502 and 503 of the Agricultural
Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5692 and 5693);
and
(C) section 8(b)(5) of the Soil Conservation
and 
Domestic 
Allotment 
Act 
(16 
U.S.C.
590h(b)(5)), as amended by section 203(a) of this
Act.
(d) COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS REQUIRED FOR NAME
CHANGE.—
(1) ANALYSIS REQUIRED.—Except as provided
in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall conduct a cost-
benefit analysis before changing the name of any
agency, office, division, or other unit of the Depart-
ment to ensure that the benefits to be derived from
changing the name of the agency, office, division, or
other unit outweigh the expense of executing the name
change.
(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply
with respect to any name change specifically provided
for in this Act.
(e) PUBLIC COMMENT ON PROPOSED REORGANIZA-
TION.—To the extent that the implementation of the author-
ity provided to the Secretary by this Act to reorganize the
Department involves the creation of new agencies or offices
within the Department or the delegation of major functions
or major groups of functions to any agency or office of the
Department (or the officers thereof), the Secretary shall, to
the extent considered practicable by the Secretary—
(1) give appropriate advance public notice of the
proposed reorganization action or delegation; and
(2) afford appropriate opportunity for interested
parties to comment on the proposed reorganization
action or delegation.
(f) INTERAGENCY TRANSFER OF RECORDS, PROPERTY,
PERSONNEL, AND FUNDS.—
(1) RELATED
TRANSFERS.—Subject to para-
graph (2), as part of the transfer or delegation of a
function of the Department made or authorized by
this Act, the Secretary may transfer within the De-
partment—
(A) any of the records, property, or person-
nel affected by the transfer or delegation of the
function; and
(B) unexpended balances (available or to be
made available for use in connection with the
transferred or delegated function) of appropria-
tions, allocations, or other funds of the Depart-
ment.
(2) APPLICABLE
LAW
RELATING
TO
FUNDS
TRANSFER.—Section 1531 of title 31, United States
Code, shall apply to any transfer of funds under
paragraph (1).
SEC. 102. NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Notwithstanding section 426 of
the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1433e) or section
333B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
(7 U.S.C.1983b), the Secretary shall establish a National
Appeals Division in the Department.
(b) JURISDICTION.—The Secretary may assign to the
National Appeals Division established under subsection (a)
all administrative appeals arising under the laws referred
7,500 staff years within the Department by the end of fiscal
year 1999.
(b) TOP-DOWN REDUCTIONS REQUIRED.—In achiev-
ing the employee reductions required in subsection (a), the
Secretary shall ensure that the percentage by which total
employee staff years in headquarters offices is reduced is
at least twice as great as the percentage by which total em-
ployee staff years in field offices is reduced.
SEC. 104. COMBINATION OF FIELD OFFICES.
(a) COMBINATION OF OFFICES REQUIRED.—The Sec-
retary shall combine field offices of agencies within the De-
partment to improve service to clients and reduce personnel
and duplicative overhead expenses.
(b) JOINT USE OF RESOURCES AND OFFICES RE-
QUIRED.—When two or more agencies share a common field
office, the Secretary shall require the agencies to jointly use
office space, equipment, office supplies, administrative per-
sonnel, and clerical personnel associated with that field
office.
SEC. 105. IMPROVEMENT OF INFORMATION SHARING.
Subject to the provision of funds in advance in appro-
priations Acts for this purpose, the Secretary shall procure
and use computer systems that enhance efficiency, produc-
tivity, and client services and are consistent with the goal
of promoting computer information sharing among agencies
of the Department.
SEC. 106. DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the De-
partment the position of Director of External Affairs of the
Department of Agriculture. The Director of External Affairs
shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate.
(b) FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTOR.—
(1) PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS.—The Secretary shall
delegate to the Director of External Affairs those func-
tions and duties that were under the jurisdiction of
the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Congres-
sional Relations and the Director of Public Affairs of
the Department as of the date of the enactment of this
Act.
(2) ADDITIONAL
FUNCTIONS.—The Director of
External Affairs shall perform such other duties as
may be required by law or prescribed by the Sec-
retary.
(c) SUCCESSION.—Any official who is serving as As-
sistant Secretary of Agriculture for Congressional Relations
on the date of the enactment of this Act and who was ap-
pointed by the President, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate—
(1) shall be considered to be serving in the suc-
cessor position established by subsection (a); and
(2) shall not be required to be reappointed to
that position by reason of the enactment of this Act.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 5315 of title
5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘Director of External Affairs of the Department
of Agriculture.’’.
SEC. 107. DIRECTOR FOR ADMINISTRATION.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the De-
partment the position of Director for Administration of the
Department of Agriculture. The Director for Administra-
tion shall be appointed by the President, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate.
(b) FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTOR.—
(1) PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS.—The Secretary shall
delegate to the Director for Administration those func-
tions and duties that were under the jurisdiction of
the Assistant Secretary for Administration of the De-
partment as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS.—The Director for
Administration shall perform such other duties as
may be required by law or prescribed by the Sec-
retary.
(c) SUCCESSION.—Any official who is serving as As-
sistant Secretary of Agriculture for Administration on the
date of the enactment of this Act and who was appointed
by the President, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate—
(1) shall be considered to be serving in the suc-
cessor position established by subsection (a); and
(2) shall not be required to be reappointed to
that position by reason of the enactment of this Act.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 5315 of title
5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘Director for Administration of the Department
of Agriculture.’’.
TITLE II—FARM AND FOREIGN
AGRICULTURAL SERVICES
SEC. 201. UNDER SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE FOR FARM
AND FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the De-
partment the position of Under Secretary of Agriculture for
Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services. The Under Sec-
retary shall be appointed by the President, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate.
(b) FUNCTIONS OF UNDER SECRETARY.—
(1) PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS.—The Secretary shall
delegate to the Under Secretary of Agriculture for
Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services those func-
tions and duties under the jurisdiction of the Depart-
ment that are related to farm and foreign agricul-
tural services.
(2) ADDITIONAL
FUNCTIONS.—The Under Sec-
retary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricul-
tural Services shall perform such other functions and
duties as may be required by law or prescribed by the
Secretary.
(c) SUCCESSION.—Any official who is serving as
Under Secretary of Agriculture for International Affairs
and Commodity Programs on the date of the enactment of
this Act and who was appointed by the President, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate—
(1) shall be considered to be serving in the suc-
cessor position established by subsection (a); and
(2) shall not be required to be reappointed to
that position by reason of the enactment of this Act.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) EXISTING POSITION.—Section 501 of the Ag-
ricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5691), relat-
ing to the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Inter-
national Affairs and Commodity Programs, is re-
pealed.
(2) EXECUTIVE
SCHEDULE.—Section 5314 of
title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking
‘‘Under Secretary of Agriculture for International Af-
fairs and Commodity Programs.’’ and inserting
‘‘Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and For-
eign Agricultural Services.’’.
SEC. 202. AGRICULTURAL SERVICE AGENCY.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish
and maintain an Agricultural Service Agency within the
Department.
(b) FUNCTIONS OF AGRICULTURAL SERVICE AGEN-
CY.—
(1) PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS.—The Secretary shall
carry out through the Agricultural Service Agency the
following activities that are under the jurisdiction of
the Department:
(A) Agricultural price and income support
programs and related programs.
(B) General supervision of the Federal Crop
Insurance Corporation.
(C) Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, agricultural credit programs formerly as-
signed by law to the Farmers Home Administra-
tion (including farm ownership and operating,
emergency, and disaster loan programs) and
other lending programs for farmers and others
engaged in the production of agricultural com-
modities.
(D) Agricultural conservation cost-share
and demonstration programs carried out by the
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
Service or the Farmers Home Administration as
of the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) ADDITIONAL
FUNCTIONS.—The Secretary
may assign to the Agricultural Service Agency such
additional functions as the Secretary considers appro-
priate in connection with the administration and im-
plementation of authorities assigned to the Secretary
by law.
(c) JURISDICTION OVER CONSERVATION PROGRAM AP-
PEALS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Until such time as an adverse
decision described in this paragraph is referred to the
National Appeals Division for consideration, the Ag-
ricultural Service Agency shall have initial jurisdic-
tion over any administrative appeal resulting from
an adverse decision made under title XII of the Food
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.), includ-
ing an adverse decision involving technical deter-
minations made by the Soil Conservation Service.
(2) TREATMENT
OF
TECHNICAL
DETERMINA-
TION.—With respect to administrative appeals involv-
ing a technical determination made by the Soil Con-
servation Service, the Agricultural Service Agency, by
rule with the concurrence of the Soil Conservation
Service, shall establish procedures for obtaining re-
view by the Soil Conservation Service of the technical
determinations involved. Such rules shall ensure that
technical criteria established by the Soil Conservation
Service shall be used by the Agricultural Service
Agency as the basis for any decisions regarding tech-
nical determinations.
(3) REINSTATEMENT OF PROGRAM BENEFITS.—
Rules issued to carry out this subsection shall provide
for the prompt reinstatement of benefits to a producer
who is determined in an administrative appeal to
meet the requirements of title XII of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985 applicable to the producer.
(4) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘‘Soil Conservation Service’’ includes
any successor agency to the Soil Conservation Service.
(d) USE OF FEDERAL AND NON-FEDERAL EMPLOY-
EES.—
(1) USE AUTHORIZED.—In the implementation
of programs and activities assigned to the Agricul-
tural Service Agency, the Secretary may use inter-
changeably in local offices of the agency both Federal
employees of the Department and non-Federal em-
ployees of county and area committees established
under section 8(b)(5) of the Soil Conservation and
Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)(5)).
(2) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding paragraph
(1), no personnel action (as defined in section
2302(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code) may be
taken with respect to a Federal employee unless such
action is taken by another Federal employee.
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) CROP INSURANCE.—The Federal Crop Insur-
ance Act (7 U.S.C.1501 et seq.) is amended—
(A) in section 505(a) (7 U.S.C. 1505(a)), by
striking ‘‘the Under Secretary or Assistant Sec-
retary of Agriculture responsible for the farm
credit programs of the Department of Agri-
culture,’’ and inserting ‘‘one additional Under
Secretary of Agriculture as designated by the
Secretary,’’; and
(B) in section 507(d) (7 U.S.C. 1507(d)), by
striking ‘‘, except’’ and all that follows through
‘‘agency’’.
(2) FARM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT.—Section
331(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act (7 U.S.C. 1981(a)) is amended by striking
‘‘assets to the Farmers Home Administration’’ and all
that follows through the period and inserting ‘‘assets
to such officers or agencies of the Department of Agri-
culture as the Secretary considers appropriate.’’.
SEC. 203. STATE, COUNTY, AND AREA COMMITTEES.
(a) AMENDMENT TO THE SOIL CONSERVATION AND
DOMESTIC ALLOTMENT ACT.—Section 8(b) of the Soil Con-
servation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b))
is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(b)’’;
(2) by designating the second through eighth un-
designated paragraphs as paragraphs (2) through (8),
respectively; and
(3) by striking paragraph (5) (as so designated)
and inserting the following new paragraph:
‘‘(5) STATE, COUNTY, AND AREA COMMITTEES.—
‘‘(A) APPOINTMENT
OF
STATE
COMMITTEES.—
The Secretary shall appoint in each State a State
committee composed of not fewer than 3 nor more
than 5 members who are fairly representative of the
farmers in the State. The members of a State commit-
tee shall serve at the pleasure of the Secretary for such
term as the Secretary may establish.
‘‘(B) ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNTY OR AREA COM-
MITTEES.—(i) In each county or area in which ac-
tivities are carried out under this section, the Sec-
retary shall establish a county or area committee.
‘‘(ii) Any such committee shall consist of not
fewer than 3 nor more than 5 members who are fairly
representative of the farmers in the county or area
and who shall be elected by the farmers in such coun-
ty or area under such procedures as the Secretary
may prescribe.
‘‘(iii) Only farmers within a local administra-
tive area who are producers who participate or co-
operate in programs administered within their area
shall be eligible for nomination and election to the
local committee for that area.
‘‘(iv) The Secretary shall solicit and accept
nominations from organizations representing the in-
terests of socially disadvantaged groups (as defined in
section 355(e)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2003(e)(1)).
‘‘(v) Members of each county or area committee
shall serve for terms not to exceed 3 years.
‘‘(C) USE OF COMMITTEES.—The Secretary shall
use the services of such committees in carrying out
programs under this section and the agricultural
credit programs under the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) and
in considering administrative appeals under the ju-
risdiction of the Agricultural Service Agency, as pro-
vided by section 202(c) of the Department of Agri-
culture Reorganization Act of 1994. In addition, to
the extent the Secretary determines appropriate, the
Secretary may use the services of such committees in
carrying out programs under other authorities ad-
ministered by the Secretary .
‘‘(D) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall issue
such regulations as the Secretary considers necessary
relating to the selection and exercise of the functions
of the respective committees, and to the administra-
tion through such committees of the programs de-
scribed in subparagraph (C). Regulations governing
payments or grants under this subsection shall be as
simple and direct as possible, and, whenever prac-
ticable, they shall be classified on the following two
bases:
‘‘(i) Soil-depleting practices.
‘‘(ii) Soil-building practices.
‘‘(E) MANDATORY DUTIES OF SECRETARY.—In
carrying out this section, the Secretary shall—
‘‘(i) insofar as practicable, protect the inter-
ests of tenants and sharecroppers;
‘‘(ii) accord such encouragement to pro-
ducer-owned and producer-controlled cooperative
associations as will be in harmony with the pol-
icy toward cooperative associations set forth in
Federal laws and as will tend to promote effi-
cient methods of marketing and distribution;
‘‘(iii) in every practicable manner, protect
the interests of small producers; and
‘‘(iv) in every practical way, encourage and
provide for soil-conserving and soil-rebuilding
practices.
‘‘(F) DISCRETIONARY
AUTHORITIES
OF
SEC-
RETARY.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary
may use other approved agencies.
‘‘(G) LIMITATIONS.—In carrying out this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall not have the authority to ac-
quire any land or any right or interest in land.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.)
is amended—
(1) by striking section 332 (7 U.S.C. 1982); and
(2) in section 333 (7 U.S.C. 1983)—
(A) by striking paragraph (2); and
(B) redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and
(5) as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively.
TITLE 
III—RURAL 
ECONOMIC
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOP-
MENT
SEC. 301. UNDER SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE FOR RURAL
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the De-
partment the position of Under Secretary of Agriculture for
Rural Economic and Community Development. The Under
Secretary shall be appointed by the President, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate.
(b) FUNCTIONS OF UNDER SECRETARY.—
(1) PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS.—The Secretary shall
delegate to the Under Secretary of Agriculture for
Rural Economic and Community Development those
functions and duties under the jurisdiction of the De-
partment that are related to rural economic and com-
munity development.
(2) ADDITIONAL
FUNCTIONS.—The Under Sec-
retary of Agriculture for Rural Economic and Com-
munity Development shall perform such other func-
tions and duties as may be required by law or pre-
scribed by the Secretary.
(c) SUCCESSION.—Any official who is serving as
Under Secretary of Agriculture for Small Community and
Rural Development on the date of the enactment of this Act
and who was appointed by the President, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate—
(1) shall be considered to be serving in the suc-
cessor position established by subsection (a); and
(2) shall not be required to be reappointed to
that position by reason of the enactment of this Act.
(d) LOAN APPROVAL AUTHORITY.—Approval author-
ity for loans and loan guarantees in the electric and tele-
phone loan and loan guarantee programs authorized by the
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.)
shall not be transferred to, or conditioned upon review of,
a State director or other employee whose primary duty is
not the review and approval of such loans or the provision
of assistance to such borrowers.
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) EXISTING POSITION.—Section 3 of the Rural
Development Policy Act of 1980 (7 U.S.C. 2211b) is
amended by striking subsection (a).
(2) EXECUTIVE
SCHEDULE.—Section 5314 of
title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking
‘‘Under Secretary of Agriculture for Small Commu-
nity and Rural Development.’’ and inserting ‘‘Under
Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Economic and
Community Development.’’.
(f) AMENDMENTS TO THE RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
ACT OF 1936.—The Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7
U.S.C. 901 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 1 (7 U.S.C. 901), by striking the
first sentence;
(2) in section 2(a) (7 U.S.C. 902(a)), by striking
‘‘Administrator’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Agri-
culture’’;
(3) in section 3(a) (7 U.S.C. 903(a))—
(A) by striking ‘‘Administrator, upon the
request and approval of the Secretary of Agri-
culture,’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘Administrator appointed
pursuant to the provisions of this Act or from
the Administrator of the Rural Electrification
Administration established by Executive Order
Numbered 7037’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’;
(4) in section 8 (7 U.S.C. 908)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Administrator authorized
to be appointed by this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Sec-
retary’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘Rural Electrification Ad-
ministration created by this Act’’ and inserting
‘‘Secretary’’;
(5) by striking section 11A (7 U.S.C. 911a);
(6) in section 13 (7 U.S.C. 913), by inserting be-
fore the period the following: ‘‘; the term ‘Secretary’
shall be deemed to mean the Secretary of Agri-
culture’’;
(7) in sections 206(b)(2), 306A(b), 311, and
405(b)(1)(A) (7 U.S.C. 927(b)(2), 936a(b), 940a, and
945(b)(1)(A)), by striking ‘‘Rural Electrification Ad-
ministration’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘Secretary’’;
(8) in sections 305(c)(2)(C)(ii)(II) and 306E(d)
(7 U.S.C. 935(c)(2)(C)(ii)(II) and 936e(d)), by strik-
ing ‘‘ADMINISTRATOR’’ both places it appears and in-
serting ‘‘SECRETARY’’;
(9) in section 403(b) (7 U.S.C. 943(b)), by strik-
ing ‘‘Rural Electrification Administration or of any