[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: 7CFR371.12]

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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. 371.12  Concurrent authority and responsibility to the Administrator.

    (a) Delegations that preclude the Administrator or each Deputy 
Administrator or Director from exercising powers or functions. No 
delegation or authorization in this part shall preclude the 
Administrator or each Deputy Administrator or Director from exercising 
any of the powers or functions or from performing any of the duties 
conferred upon each, respectively. Any delegation or authorization is 
subject, at all times, to withdrawal or amendment by the Administrator, 
and in their respective fields, by each Deputy Administrator or 
Director. The officers to whom authority is delegated in this part 
shall:
    (1) Maintain close working relationships with the officers to whom 
they report.
    (2) Keep them advised with respect to major problems and 
developments.
    (3) Discuss with them proposed actions involving major policy 
questions or other important considerations or questions, including 
matters involving relationships with other Federal agencies, other 
agencies of the Department, other divisions, staffs, or offices of the

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agency, or other governmental, private organizations, or groups.
    (b) Prior authorizations and delegations. All prior delegations and 
redelegations of authority relating to any function, program, or 
activity covered by the statement of Organization, Functions, and 
Delegations of Authority, shall remain in effect except as they are 
inconsistent with this part or are amended or revoked. Nothing in this 
part shall affect the validity of any action taken previously under 
prior delegations or redelegations of authority or assignments of 
functions.