[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 5, Parts 200 to 399]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR371.13]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
 CHAPTER III--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 371--ORGANIZATION, FUNCTIONS, AND DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 371.13  Reservation of authority.

    The following are reserved to the Administrator, or to the 
individual designated to act for the Administrator:
    (a) The initiation, change, or discontinuance of major program 
activities.
    (b) The issuance of regulations pursuant to law.
    (c) The transfer of functions between Deputy Administrators and 
Directors.
    (d) The transfer of funds between Deputy Administrators and 
Directors.
    (e) The transfer of funds between work projects within each Deputy 
Administrator's or Director's area, except those not exceeding 10 
percent of base funds or $50,000 in either work project, whichever is 
less.
    (f) The approval of any change in the formal organization, including 
a section, its equivalent, or higher level.
    (g) The making of recommendations to the Department concerning 
establishment, consolidation, change in location, or abolishment of any 
regional, State, area, and other field headquarters, and any region or 
other program area that involves two or more States, or that crosses 
State lines.
    (h) Authority to establish, consolidate, change a location, abolish 
any field office, or change program area boundaries not included in 
paragraph (g) of this section.
    (i) Approval of all appointments, promotions, and reassignments at 
the GS-14 level and above.
    (j) Authorization for foreign travel and for attendance at foreign 
and international meetings, including those held in the United States.
    (k) Approval of all appointments, promotions, and reassignments of 
employees to foreign countries.
    (l) Approval of program budgets.
    (m) Authority to determine the circumstances under which commuted 
traveltime allowances may be paid to employees performing inspections 
and necessary auxiliary services after normal working hours or on 
holidays, when these services come within the scope of the Act of August 
28, 1950 (7 U.S.C. 2260).