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[Federal Register: December 27, 1994]
VOL. 59, NO. 247
Tuesday, December 27, 1994
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
Department Reorganization
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the creation of subcabinet
positions, the creation of new agencies, the abolition of positions and
agencies, the assignment of functions in USDA, and the transfer of
assets, rights, and obligations to the new agencies.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Michael Kelly, Associate General
Counsel, Room 2043 South Building, Washington, D.C. 20250; telephone
(202)-720-7219.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Crop Insurance Reform and
Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994, Public Law No.
103-354, signed by the President on October 13, 1994, permits the
Secretary of Agriculture to accomplish the reorganization of USDA.
Pursuant to that authority, on October 20, 1994, the Secretary took the
following actions:
(1) Establishment of Subcabinet Positions
The following subcabinet positions were established within USDA:
(A) Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural
Services
The Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign
Agricultural Services supervises all activities of the Consolidated
Farm Service Agency including the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation,
and the Foreign Agricultural Service, and performs such other functions
related to farm and foreign agricultural services as are assigned.
(B) Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Economic and Community
Development
The Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Economic and Community
Development supervises all activities of the Rural Utilities Service,
the Rural Housing and Community Development Service, and the Rural
Business and Cooperative Development Service, and performs such other
functions related to rural economic and community development as are
assigned.
(C) Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer
Services
The Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and
Consumer Services supervises all activities of the Food and Consumer
Service, coordinates functions related to nutrition policy and
education, and performs such other functions related to food,
nutrition, and consumer services as are assigned.
(D) Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and
Environment
The Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and
Environment supervises all activities of the Forest Service and the
Natural Resources Conservation Service, coordinates functions related
to agricultural environmental quality, and performs such other
functions related to natural resources and environment as are assigned.
(E) Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and
Economics
The Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and
Economics supervises all activities of the Agricultural Research
Service, the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension
Service, the Economic Research Service, and the National Agricultural
Statistics Service, and performs such other functions related to
research, education, and economics as are assigned.
(F) Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety
The position of Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety is
established by the Act. The Under Secretary supervises all activities
of the Food Safety and Inspection Service, as well as functions under
the Egg Products Inspection Act formerly performed by the Agricultural
Marketing Service, and the salmonella enteritidis reduction program and
pathogen reduction activities formerly performed by the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service, and performs such other functions
related to food safety as are assigned.
(G) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory
Programs
The Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory
Programs supervises those activities of the Agricultural Marketing
Service and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service which do not
relate primarily to food safety, as well as all activities of the Grain
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, and performs such
other functions related to marketing and regulatory programs as are
assigned.
(H) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Congressional Relations
The Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Congressional Relations
supervises all activities of USDA and its agencies and offices related
to relationships with the Congress and with its committees and members,
as well as functions related to intergovernmental relations, and
performs such other functions as are assigned.
(I) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Administration
The Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Administration
supervises all activities of the Office of Civil Rights Enforcement,
the Office of Information Resources Management, the Office of
Operations, and the Office of Personnel, and provides administrative
management for the Office of Administrative Law Judges, the Board of
Contract Appeals, and the Judicial Officer, and performs such other
functions related to administrative management as are assigned.
(J) Chief Economist
There shall be in USDA a Chief Economist who reports to the
Secretary. The Chief Economist supervises all activities of the
Economic Analysis Staff, the Office of Risk Assessment and Cost-Benefit
Analysis, and the World Agricultural Outlook Board, and is assigned
responsibility for advising the Secretary with respect to the economic
effects of all proposed major programs and activities of USDA and for
preparing economic analyses of USDA's principal initiatives.
(2) Establishment of Agencies and Offices
The following agencies and offices were established within USDA:
(A) Consolidated Farm Service Agency
The Consolidated Farm Service Agency is headed by an Administrator
who reports to the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign
Agricultural Services. The Agency is assigned responsibility for
agricultural price and income support programs, production adjustment
programs, and the conservation reserve and agricultural conservation
programs formerly performed by the Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service, supervision of the Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation, farm-related agricultural credit programs formerly
performed by the Farmers Home Administration, and such other programs
related to farm services as are assigned.
(B) Rural Utilities Service
The Rural Utilities Service is headed by an Administrator who
reports to the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Economic and
Community Development. The Service is assigned responsibility for
electric and telephone loan programs formerly performed by the Rural
Electrification Administration, water and waste facility loans and
grants formerly assigned to the Rural Development Administration, and
such other functions related to rural utilities services as are
assigned.
(C) Rural Housing and Community Development Service
The Rural Housing and Community Development Service is headed by an
Administrator who reports to the Under Secretary of Agriculture for
Rural Economic and Community Development. The Service is assigned
responsibility for housing loan programs formerly performed by the
Farmers Home Administration, community facilities loan programs
formerly performed by the Rural Development Administration, and such
other programs related to rural housing and community development as
are assigned.
(D) Rural Business and Cooperative Development Service
The Rural Business and Cooperative Development Service is headed by
an Administrator who reports to the Under Secretary of Agriculture for
Rural Economic and Community Development. The Service is assigned
responsibility for business and industry loan programs and assistance
programs for cooperatives formerly performed by the Rural Development
Administration, and such other functions related to rural business and
cooperative development as are assigned.
(E) Food and Consumer Service
The Food and Consumer Service is headed by an Administrator who
reports to the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and
Consumer Services. The Service is assigned responsibility for all food
stamp, school lunch, child nutrition, and special feeding programs
formerly performed by the Food and Nutrition Service, and for such
other functions related to food and consumer services as are assigned.
(F) Natural Resources Conservation Service
The Natural Resources Conservation Service is headed by a Chief who
reports to the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and
Environment. The Service is assigned responsibility for all soil and
water conservation programs formerly performed by the Soil Conservation
Service, the Wetlands Reserve, Water Bank, Colorado River Basin
Salinity Control, and Forestry Incentives programs formerly performed
by the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, the Farms
for the Future Act program formerly performed by the Farmers Home
Administration, and such other functions related to natural resources
conservation as are assigned.
(G) Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service is
established by the Act. It is headed by an Administrator who reports to
the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and
Economics. The Service is assigned responsibility for all cooperative
State and other research programs formerly performed by the Cooperative
State Research Service, all cooperative education and extension
programs formerly performed by the Extension Service, and such other
functions related to cooperative research, education, and extension as
are assigned.
(H) Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration is
headed by an Administrator who reports to the Assistant Secretary of
Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs. The Administration
is assigned responsibility for all programs and activities formerly by
the Federal Grain Inspection Service and by the Packers and Stockyards
Administration, and such other functions related to regulatory programs
as are assigned.
(I) National Appeals Division
The National Appeals Division is headed by a Director who reports
to the Secretary. The Division is assigned responsibility for all
administrative appeals formerly performed by the National Appeals
Division of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service and
by the National Appeals Staff of the Farmers Home Administration,
appeals arising from decisions of the Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation and the Soil Conservation Service, appeals arising from
decisions of the successors to these agencies established by this
Memorandum, and such other administrative appeals arising from
decisions of agencies and offices of USDA as are assigned.
(J) Office of Risk Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis
The Office of Risk Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis is headed
by a Director who reports to the Chief Economist. The Office is
assigned responsibility for assessing the risks to human health, human
safety, or the environment, and for preparing cost-benefit analyses,
with respect to proposed major regulations, and for publishing such
assessments and analyses in the Federal Register. The Office also has
responsibility for such other analytical functions as are assigned.
(3) Positions Abolished
The following subcabinet positions were abolished:
(A) Under Secretary of Agriculture for International Affairs and
Commodity Programs.
(B) Under Secretary of Agriculture for Small Community and Rural
Development.
(C) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Economics.
(D) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Food and Consumer
Services.
(E) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Inspection
Services.
(F) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and
Environment.
(G) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Science and Education.
(4) Agencies and Offices Abolished
The following agencies and offices within USDA were abolished:
(A) Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service.
(B) Farmers Home Administration.
(C) Rural Electrification Administration.
(E) Food and Nutrition Service.
(F) Soil Conservation Service.
(G) Cooperative State Research Service.
(H) Extension Service.
(I) National Agricultural Library.
(J) Federal Grain Inspection Service.
(K) Packers and Stockyards Administration.
(L) Office of the Executive Secretariat.
(5) Transfer of Assets, Rights, Obligations, and Delegations of
Authority
All references in any statute or regulation to an agency abolished
by the Secretary shall be deemed to refer to its successor agency. All
assets, rights, interests, privileges, immunities, duties, powers, and
obligations of an agency abolished by the Secretary shall become the
assets, rights, interests, privileges, immunities, duties, powers, and
obligations of the successor agency. All delegations to and from an
agency abolished by the Secretary shall be deemed to be delegations to
and from the successor agency.
(6) Status of Prior Authority and Directives
Prior delegations of authority, administrative regulations, and
other directives not inconsistent with the provisions of this Notice
shall remain in full force and effect until superseded or otherwise
modified.
Done this 23rd day of November, 1994.
Richard E. Rominger,
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
[FR Doc. 94-29603 Filed 12-23-94; 8:45 am]
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