§ 6911. — Transfer of Department functions to Secretary of Agriculture.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC6911]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 98--DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REORGANIZATION
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL REORGANIZATION AUTHORITIES
Sec. 6911. Transfer of Department functions to Secretary of
Agriculture
(a) Transfer of functions
Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, there are
transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture all functions of all
agencies, offices, officers, and employees of the Department that are
not already vested in the Secretary on October 13, 1994.
(b) Exceptions
Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to the following
functions:
(1) Functions vested by subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5 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 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.
(Pub. L. 103-354, title II, Sec. 211, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3209;
Pub. L. 104-127, title VII, Sec. 722(c), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1115;
Pub. L. 107-171, title VI, Sec. 6201(d)(3), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat.
419.)
References in Text
The Inspector General Act of 1978, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is
Pub. L. 95-452, Oct. 12, 1978, 92 Stat. 1101, as amended, which is set
out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Amendments
2002--Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 107-171 struck out par. (5) which read
as follows: ``Functions vested in the Corporate Board of the Alternative
Agricultural Research and Commercialization Corporation by the
Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Act of 1990 (7
U.S.C. 5901 et seq.).''
1996--Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 104-127 substituted ``Corporate Board
of the Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization
Corporation'' for ``Alternative Agricultural Research and
Commercialization Board''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 6912 of this title.
