[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR371.10]

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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. 371.10  Legislative and Public Affairs.

    (a) General statement. Legislative and Public Affairs (LPA) is the 
communications arm of APHIS.

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    (b) Director of LPA. The Director of LPA is responsible for:
    (1) Advising and assisting the Administrator and other officials on 
matters relating to agency legislative and media affairs.
    (2) Preparing legislative proposals for APHIS programs and 
responsibilities. Assisting in compiling support material for agency 
witnesses for congressional hearings. Preparing legislative reports.
    (3) Establishing and maintaining liaison with Members of Congress, 
various congressional committees and subcommittees, and their staffs on 
matters pertaining to APHIS.
    (4) Planning and conducting an information program to promote 
interest in and increase the public knowledge of APHIS programs and 
activities.
    (5) Drafting and administering policy guidelines on press contacts, 
photography, audiovisual activities, graphic design, radio-TV, and 
policy/editorial/graphics clearances for publications. Planning and 
conducting a program to explain APHIS policies in written form to 
Members of Congress, State and industry leaders, officials of foreign 
governments, and private citizens.
    (6) Preparing replies to written inquiries and establishing and 
maintaining a system for the control of written inquiries referred by 
the Office of the Secretary or sent directly to the agency.
    (7) Assisting in the preparation of position papers regarding APHIS 
programs.
    (8) Assisting in the preparation of directives, procedural manuals, 
articles for publication, and agency correspondence. Coordinating APHIS 
activities within the scope of the Freedom of Information Act and the 
Privacy Act.