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7 U.S.C. § 6991 — Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety
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**(a) Establishment** There is established in the Department of Agriculture the position of Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety. The Under Secretary shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from among individuals with specialized training or significant experience in food safety or public health programs.
**(b) Functions of Under Secretary**
(1) **Principal functions** — The Secretary shall delegate to the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety those functions and duties under the jurisdiction of the Department that are primarily related to food safety.
(2) **Additional functions** — The Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety shall perform such other functions and duties as may be required by law or prescribed by the Secretary.
**(c) Omitted**
**(d) Technical and scientific review groups** The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, may, without regard to the provisions of title 5 governing appointment in the competitive service, and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5 relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates—
(1) establish such technical and scientific review groups as are needed to carry out the functions of the Department; and
(2) appoint and pay the members of the groups, except that officers and employees of the United States shall not receive additional compensation for service as a member of a group.
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**(a) Establishment** There is established in the Department of Agriculture the position of Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety. The Under Secretary shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from among individuals with specialized training or significant experience in food safety or public health programs.
**(b) Functions of Under Secretary**
(1) **Principal functions** — The Secretary shall delegate to the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety those functions and duties under the jurisdiction of the Department that are primarily related to food safety.
(2) **Additional functions** — The Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety shall perform such other functions and duties as may be required by law or prescribed by the Secretary.
**(c) Omitted**
**(d) Technical and scientific review groups** The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, may, without regard to the provisions of title 5 governing appointment in the competitive service, and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5 relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates—
(1) establish such technical and scientific review groups as are needed to carry out the functions of the Department; and
(2) appoint and pay the members of the groups, except that officers and employees of the United States shall not receive additional compensation for service as a member of a group.
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Level III 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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**(a) Authority to offer insurance**
(1) **In general** — If sufficient actuarial data are available (as determined by the Corporation), the Corporation may insure, or provide reinsurance for insurers of, producers of agricultural commodities grown in the United States under 1 or more plans of insurance determined by the Corporation to be adapted to the agricultural commodity concerned. To qualify for coverage under a plan of insurance, the losses of the insured commodity must be due to drought, flood, or other natural disaster (as determined by the Secretary).
(2) **Period** — Except in the cases of tobacco, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and hemp, insurance shall not extend beyond the period during which the insured commodity is in the field. As used in the preceding sentence, in the case of an aquacultural species, the term “field” means the environment in which the commodity is produced.
(3) **Exclusion of losses due to certain actions of producer**
(A) *Exclusions* — Insurance provided under this subsection shall not cover losses due to—
(i) the neglect or malfeasance of the producer;
(ii) the failure of the producer to reseed to the same crop in such areas and under such circumstances as it is customary to reseed; or
(iii) the failure of the producer to follow good farming practices, including scientifically sound sustainable and organic farming practices.
(B) *Good farming practices determination review*
(i) *Informal administrative process* — A producer shall have the right to a review of a determination regarding good farming practices made under subparagraph (A)(iii) in accordance with an informal administrative process to be established by the Corporation.
(ii) *Administrative review*
(I) *No adverse decision* — The determi
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**(a) Time for payment of contract payments** Contract payments required to be made for a fiscal year shall be made by the Secretary as soon as practicable.
**(b) Use of county committees to resolve disputes** Any dispute regarding the eligibility of a person to enter into a contract or to receive contract payments, and any dispute regarding the amount of a contract payment, may be appealed to the county committee established under [section 590h of title 16](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section590h&num=0&edition=prelim) for the county or other area in which the farming operation of the person is located.
**(c) Role of National Appeals Division** Any adverse determination of a county committee under subsection (b) may be appealed to the National Appeals Division established under subtitle H of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 ([7 U.S.C. 6991](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section6991&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
**(d) Use of financial institutions** The Secretary may use a financial institution to manage assets, make contract payments, and otherwise carry out this title.11 See References in Text note below.
**(e) Payment to financial institutions** The Secretary shall permit a tobacco quota holder or producer of quota tobacco entitled to contract payments to assign to a financial institution the right to receive the contract payments. Upon receiving notification of the assignment, the Secretary shall make subsequent contract payments for the tobacco quota holder or producer of quota tobacco directly to the financial institution designated by the tobacco quota holder or producer of quota tobacco. The Secretary shall make information available to tobacco quota holde
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**(a) In general** The Secretary shall promulgate regulations to address administrative and enforcement issues involved in carrying out dairy margin coverage.
**(b) Reconstitution** The Secretary shall promulgate regulations to prohibit a dairy producer from reconstituting a dairy operation for the purpose of the dairy producer receiving dairy margin coverage payments.
**(c) Administrative appeals** Using authorities under [section 1308(h) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1308/h&num=0&edition=prelim) and subtitle H of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act ([7 U.S.C. 6991](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section6991&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), the Secretary shall promulgate regulations to provide for administrative appeals of decisions of the Secretary that are adverse to participants of dairy margin coverage.
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Page 1948
TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 6972
Subsec. (f)(1)(D)(iv). Pub. L. 115–334, § 12301(a)(2)(B),
added cl. (iv) and struck out former cl. (iv) which read
as follows: ‘‘The program providing grants for begin-
ning farmer and rancher development established under
section 3319f of this title.’’
Subsec. (f)(5)(B). Pub. L. 115–334, § 12411(b)(1), sub-
stituted ‘‘Office of the Chief Scientist’’ for ‘‘Research,
Education and Extension Office’’.
2014—Subsec. (f)(1)(C)(vi). Pub. L. 113–79, § 7111(b)(2),
inserted ‘‘except for the competitive grant program
under section 1433(b)’’ before period at end.
Subsec. (f)(1)(D)(xi) to (xiii). Pub. L. 113–79, § 7212(b),
redesignated cls. (xii) and (xiii) as (xi) and (xii), respec-
tively, and struck out former cl. (xi) which read as fol-
lows: ‘‘The administration and management of the Ag-
ricultural Bioenergy Feedstock and Energy Efficiency
Research and Extension Initiative carried out under
section 5925e of this title.’’
2008—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–246, § 7511(a)(1), inserted
‘‘(referred to in this section as the ‘Under Secretary’)’’
before period at end.
Subsecs. (b) to (f). Pub. L. 110–246, § 7511(a)(2), (4),
added subsecs. (b) to (f) and struck out former subsecs.
(b) to (d) which related to Senate confirmation, func-
tions of the Under Secretary, and establishment and
functions of the Cooperative State Research, Edu-
cation, and Extension Service.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2008 AMENDMENT
Amendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L.
110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the
date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of
Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an Effective Date note under
section 8701 of this title.
§ 6972. Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title XII,
§ 1241
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