[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 10]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1200.2]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XI--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND 
      ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1200_RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE GOVERNING PROCEEDINGS UNDER 
 
   Subpart A_Rules of Practice and Procedure Governing Proceedings To 
                      Formulate and Amend an Order
 
Sec.  1200.2  Definitions.

    (a) The term Act means the Cotton Research and Promotion Act, as 
amended [7 U.S.C. 2101-2119]; the Egg Research and Consumer Information 
Act, as amended [7 U.S.C. 2701-2718]; the Pork Promotion, Research, and 
Consumer Information Act [7 U.S.C. 4801-4819]; and the Potato Research 
and Promotion Act, as amended [7 U.S.C. 2611-2627].
    (b) Administrator means the Administrator of the Agricultural 
Marketing Service or any officer or employee of the Department to whom 
authority has been delegated or may hereafter be delegated to act for 
the Administrator.
    (b) Board means the board or council established by the order to 
administer the program.
    (c) Department means the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
    (d) Federal Register means the publication provided for by the 
Federal Register Act, approved July 26, 1935 [44 U.S.C. 1501-1511], and 
acts supplementing and amending it.
    (e) Hearing means that part of the proceeding which involves the 
submission of evidence.
    (f) Judge means any administrative law judge appointed pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 3105 and assigned to conduct the hearing.
    (g) Hearing means that part of the proceeding that involves the 
submission of evidence.
    (h) Hearing clerk means the Hearing Clerk, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
    (i) Order means any order or any amendment thereto which may be 
issued pursuant to the Act. The term order shall include plans issued 
under the Acts listed in paragraph (a) of this section.
    (j) Proceeding means a proceeding before the Secretary arising under 
the pertinent section of an Act.
    (k) Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United 
States, or any officer or employee of the Department to whom authority 
has heretofore been delegated, or to whom authority may hereafter be 
delegated, to act for the Secretary.

[67 FR 44350, July 2, 2002]

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