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7 U.S.C. § 6920 — Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture
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**(a) Authorization** The Secretary is authorized to establish in the Department the positions of—
(1) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs;
(2) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Administration; and
(3) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Civil Rights.
**(b) Confirmation required** If the Secretary establishes any position of Assistant Secretary authorized under paragraph (1) or (3) of subsection (a), the Assistant Secretary shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
**(c) Duties of Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Civil Rights** The Secretary may delegate to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights responsibility for—
(1) ensuring compliance with all civil rights and related laws by all agencies and under all programs of the Department;
(2) coordinating administration of civil rights laws (including regulations) within the Department for employees of, and participants in, programs of the Department; and
(3) ensuring that necessary and appropriate civil rights components are properly incorporated into all strategic planning initiatives of the Department and agencies of the Department.
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**(a) Authorization** The Secretary is authorized to establish in the Department the positions of—
(1) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs;
(2) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Administration; and
(3) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Civil Rights.
**(b) Confirmation required** If the Secretary establishes any position of Assistant Secretary authorized under paragraph (1) or (3) of subsection (a), the Assistant Secretary shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
**(c) Duties of Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Civil Rights** The Secretary may delegate to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights responsibility for—
(1) ensuring compliance with all civil rights and related laws by all agencies and under all programs of the Department;
(2) coordinating administration of civil rights laws (including regulations) within the Department for employees of, and participants in, programs of the Department; and
(3) ensuring that necessary and appropriate civil rights components are properly incorporated into all strategic planning initiatives of the Department and agencies of the Department.
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Level IV of the Executive Schedule applies to the following positions, for which the annual rate of basic pay shall be the rate determined with respect to such level under chapter 11 of title 2, as adjusted by [section 5318 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5318&num=0&edition=prelim):
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any report, notification, or consultation addressing directly or indirectly the use of appropriated funds and stipulated by this chapter to be submitted to, or held with, the Congress or any Congressional committee shall also be submitted to, or held with, the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives under the same conditions and with the same restrictions as stipulated by this chapter.
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**(a) Vacancies in Advisory Board** Any vacancy in the Advisory Board shall not affect its duties under this title and shall be filled in the same manner as the original position.
**(b) Compensation and expenses of members of Advisory Board** Members of the Advisory Board shall serve without compensation, if not otherwise officers or employees of the United States, except that they shall, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services under this chapter, be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in the Government service are allowed expenses under sections 5701 through 5707 of title 5.
**(c) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated annually such sums as Congress may determine necessary to carry out the provisions of [section 3127 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section3127&num=0&edition=prelim) and subsection (b) of this section.
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There shall be at the seat of government a Department of Agriculture, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture, rural development, aquaculture, and human nutrition, in the most general and comprehensive sense of those terms, and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants.
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 6921
training for veterans and agricultural voca-
tional and rehabilitation programs; and
(B) the information disseminated under
paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b).
(2) Further dissemination
Not later than the day before the date on
which the Military Veterans Agricultural Li-
aison makes publicly available the informa-
tion under paragraph (1), the Military Vet-
erans Agricultural Liaison shall provide that
information to the Department of Defense, the
Department of Veterans Affairs, the Small
Business Administration, and the Department
of Labor.
(Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 219, as added Pub. L.
113–79, title XII, § 12304, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 985;
amended Pub. L. 115–334, title XII, § 12402, Dec.
20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4971.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 6919, Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 219, Oct.
13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3213, provided that compensation of
any officer or employee of the Department on Oct. 13,
1994, was not to be increased as a result of enactment
of this chapter, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–277, div.
A, § 101(e) [title III, § 362], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–231,
2681–305.
AMENDMENTS
2018—Subsec. (b)(5), (6). Pub. L. 115–334, § 12402(1),
added pars. (5) and (6).
Subsecs. (d) to (g). Pub. L. 115–334, § 12402(2), added
subsecs. (d) to (g).
§ 6920. Office of Energy Policy and New Uses
The Secretary shall establish for the Depart-
ment, in the Office of the Secretary, an Office of
Energy Policy and New Uses.
(Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 220, as added Pub. L.
105–185, title VI, § 602, June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 585.)
§ 6921. Office of Tribal Relations
(a) In general
The Secretary shall maintain in the Office of
the Secretary an Office of Tribal Relations,
whic
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