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(3) in subsection (a) of section 6 (16 U.S.C.
2005(a)), by deleting ‘‘Soil Conservation Service’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Secretary’’.
TITLE V—MARKETING AND INSPECTION
SERVICES
SEC. 501. GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS
ADMINISTRATION.
(a) The Secretary is authorized to establish and
maintain within the Department of Agriculture the Grain
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration and to
assign thereto such functions as the Secretary may deem
appropriate in connection with administration of authori-
ties assigned to the Secretary by law. The Secretary is
authorized specifically to carry out through such agency,
or through any other officer or agency of the Department
as the Secretary may deem appropriate, programs and ac-
tivities authorized under the United States Grain Stand-
ards Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.); and the Pack-
ers and Stockyards Act, 1921, as amended (7 U.S.C. 181
et seq.).
(b) The United States Grain Standards Act, as
amended (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.), is further amended—
(1) in section 3, by deleting subsections (z) and
(aa) (7 U.S.C. 75(z) and (aa));
(2) by deleting section 3A (7 U.S.C. 75a);
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(3) in section 5(a)(3) (7 U.S.C. 77(a)(3)), by
deleting ‘‘Service employees’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘employees of the Secretary’’;
(4) in sections 7(j)(2) and 7A(l)(2) (7 U.S.C.
79(j)(2) and 79a(l)(2)), respectively, by deleting
‘‘supervision by Service personnel of its field office
personnel’’ and inserting in lieu thereof’’ supervision
by the Secretary of the Secretary’s field office per-
sonnel’’;
(5) in section 12(c) (7 U.S.C. 87a(c)), by delet-
ing ‘‘or Administrator’’;
(6) in section 12(d) (7 U.S.C. 87a(d)), by delet-
ing ‘‘or the Administrator’’; and
(7) except as otherwise provided in this sub-
section, by deleting ‘‘Administrator’’ and ‘‘Service’’
wherever they appear and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘Secretary’’.
(c) Section 407 of the Packers and Stockyards Act,
1921, as amended (7 U.S.C. 228), is further amended by
deleting subsection (b) and redesignating subsections (c),
(d), (e), and (f), as subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e), re-
spectively.
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TITLE VI—RESEARCH, ECONOMICS AND
EDUCATION
SEC. 601. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
SERVICE.
The Secretary is authorized to establish and maintain
within the Department of Agriculture the Agricultural Re-
search and Education Service and to assign thereto such
functions as the Secretary may deem appropriate in con-
nection with administration of authorities assigned to the
Secretary by law. The Secretary is authorized specifically
to carry out through such agency, or through any other
officer or agency of the Department as the Secretary may
deem appropriate, programs and activities authorized by
statutes relating to agricultural research functions, coop-
erative research programs, agricultural extension and edu-
cation programs, and the provision of agricultural infor-
mation and library services.
SEC. 602. AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS SERVICE.
The Secretary is authorized to establish and maintain
within the Department of Agriculture the Agricultural
Economic Service and to assign thereto such functions as
the Secretary may deem appropriate in connection with
administration of authorities assigned to the Secretary by
law. The Secretary is authorized specifically to carry out
through such agency, or through any other officer or agen-
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cy of the Department as the Secretary may deem appro-
priate, programs and activities authorized by statutes re-
lating to economic analysis and research functions and en-
ergy-related programs.
SEC. 603. NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE.
The Secretary is authorized to establish and maintain
within the Department of Agriculture the National Agri-
cultural Statistics Service and to assign thereto such func-
tions as the Secretary may deem appropriate in connection
with administration of authorities assigned to the Sec-
retary by law. The Secretary is authorized specifically to
carry out through such agency, or through any other offi-
cer or agency of the Department as the Secretary may
deem appropriate, programs and activities relating to the
preparation and reporting of crop and livestock estimates
and agricultural statistics.
TITLE VII—ANCILLARY PROVISIONS
SEC. 701. ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF AGRICULTURE.
(a) There are established in the Department of Agri-
culture six Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture, each to
be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate. Each Assistant Secretary of Agri-
culture shall exercise such functions and perform such du-
ties as may be required by law or prescribed by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture, and shall receive compensation at
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the rate now or hereafter prescribed by law for Assistant
Secretaries of Agriculture.
(b) The following provisions are hereby repealed—
(1) Section 2 of the Act of February 9, 1889,
as amended (7 U.S.C. 2212);
(2) Section 2 of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of
1953 (5 U.S.C. App);
(3) Section 604(a) of the Rural Development
Act of 1972 (7 U.S.C. 2212a);
(4) Section 2 of Public Law No. 94–561, Octo-
ber 19, 1976 (7 U.S.C. 2212b);
(5) Subsection (d) of section 1413 of the Food
and Agriculture Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C.
3128 (d)); and
(6) Subsection (a) of section 8 of the Inter-
national Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs Act (7
U.S.C. 2212c).
(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this
section, any officials serving in any of the positions au-
thorized by those provisions upon the date of enactment
of this Act, after appointment by the President, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall be consid-
ered thereafter to be serving in the successor positions es-
tablished by subsection (a) of this section and shall not