[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR2.21]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
PART 2_DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL 
 
 Subpart C_Delegations of Authority to the Deputy Secretary, the Under 
                  Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries
 
Sec. 2.21  Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics.

    (a) The following delegations of authority are made by the Secretary 
of Agriculture to the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and 
Economics.
    (1) Related to science and education. (i) Direct, coordinate and 
provide national leadership and support for research, extension and 
teaching programs in the food and agricultural sciences to meet major 
needs and challenges in development of new food and fiber; food and 
agriculture viability and competitiveness in the global economy; 
enhancing economic opportunities and quality of life for rural America; 
food and agricultural system productivity and development of new crops 
and new uses; the environment and natural resources; or the promotion of 
human health and welfare pursuant to the National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Teaching Policy of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3101 et 
seq.).
    (ii) Provide national leadership and support for research, 
extension, and teaching programs in the food and agricultural sciences 
to carry out sustainable agriculture research and education; a National 
Plant Genetic Resources Program; a national agricultural weather 
information system; research regarding the production, preparation, 
processing, handling, and storage of agricultural products; a Plant and 
Animal Pest and Disease Control Program; and any other provisions 
pursuant to title XVI of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade 
Act of 1990 (Pub. L. No. 101-624, 104 Stat. 3703), except the provisions 
relating to the USDA Graduate School in section 1669 and the provisions 
relating to alternative agricultural research and commercialization 
under sections 1657-1664 (7 U.S.C. 5801 et seq.).
    (iii) Coordinate USDA policy and conduct programs relative to the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended (7 
U.S.C. 136 et seq.) and coordinate the Department's Integrated Pest 
Management Programs and the Pesticide Assessment Program (7 U.S.C. 136-
136y).
    (iv) Carry out research, technology development, technology 
transfer, and demonstration projects related to the economic feasibility 
of the manufacture and commercialization of natural rubber from plants 
containing hydrocarbons (7 U.S.C. 178-178n).
    (v) Conduct research on the control of undesirable species of honey 
bees in cooperation with specific foreign governments (7 U.S.C. 284).
    (vi) Administer the appropriation for the endowment and maintenance 
of colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanical arts (7 
U.S.C. 321-326a).
    (vii) Administer teaching funds authorized by section 22 of the 
Bankhead Jones Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 329).
    (viii) Administer a Cooperative Agricultural Extension Program in 
accordance with the Smith-Lever Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 341-349).

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    (ix) Cooperate with the States for the purpose of encouraging and 
assisting them in carrying out research related to the problems of 
agriculture in its broadest aspects under the Hatch Act, as amended (7 
U.S.C. 361a-361i).
    (x) Evaluate, assess, and report to congressional agriculture 
committees on the merits of proposals for agricultural research 
facilities in the States, and ensure that each research activity 
conducted by an Agricultural Research Service facility serves a national 
or multistate need (7 U.S.C. 390 et seq.).
    (xi) Conduct research concerning domestic animals and poultry, their 
protection and use, the causes of contagious, infectious, and 
communicable diseases, and the means for the prevention and cure of the 
same (7 U.S.C. 391).
    (xii) Conduct research related to the dairy industry and to the 
dissemination of information for the promotion of the dairy industry (7 
U.S.C. 402).
    (xiii) Conduct research and demonstrations at Mandan, ND, related to 
dairy livestock breeding, growing, and feeding, and other problems 
pertaining to the establishment of the dairy and livestock industries (7 
U.S.C. 421-422).
    (xiv) Conduct research on new uses for cotton and on cotton ginning 
and processing (7 U.S.C. 423-424).
    (xv) Administer and conduct research into the basic problems of 
agriculture in its broadest aspects, including, but not limited to, 
production, marketing (other than statistical and economic research but 
including research related to family use of resources), distribution, 
processing, and utilization of plant and animal commodities; problems of 
human nutrition; development of markets for agricultural commodities; 
discovery, introduction, and breeding of new crops, plants, and animals, 
both foreign and native; conservation development; and development of 
efficient use of farm buildings, homes, and farm machinery except as 
otherwise delegated in Sec. 2.22(a)(1)(ii) and Sec. 2.79(a)(2) (7 
U.S.C. 427, 1621-1627, 1629, 2201, and 2204).
    (xvi) Conduct research on varietal improvement of wheat and feed 
grains to enhance their conservation and environmental qualities (7 
U.S.C. 428b).
    (xvii) [Reserved]
    (xviii) Enter into agreements with and receive funds from any State, 
other political subdivision, organization, or individual for the purpose 
of conducting cooperative research projects (7 U.S.C. 450a).
    (xix) Carry out a program (IR-4 Program) for the collection of 
residue and efficacy data in support of minor use pesticide registration 
or reregistration and to determine tolerances for minor use chemical 
residues in or on agricultural commodities (7 U.S.C. 450i).
    (xx) Administer and direct a program of competitive grants for 
research, and special grants for research, education, or extension, to 
State agricultural experiment stations, colleges and universities, other 
research institutions and organizations, Federal agencies, national 
laboratories (competitive grants only), private organizations or 
corporations, and individuals, and of facilities grants to State 
agricultural experiment stations and other designated colleges and 
universities, to promote research, extension, or education, in food, 
agriculture and related areas (7 U.S.C. 450i).
    (xxi)-(xxii) [Reserved]
    (xxiii) Conduct research related to soil and water conservation, 
engineering operations, and methods of cultivation to provide for the 
control and prevention of soil erosion (7 U.S.C. 1010 and 16 U.S.C. 
590a).
    (xxiv) Maintain four regional research laboratories and conduct 
research at such laboratories to develop new scientific, chemical, and 
technical uses and new and extended markets and outlets for farm 
commodities and products and the byproducts thereof (7 U.S.C. 1292).
    (xxv) Conduct a Special Cotton Research Program designed to reduce 
the cost of producing upland cotton in the United States (7 U.S.C. 1441 
note).
    (xxvi) [Reserved]
    (xxvii) Conduct research to develop and determine methods for the 
humane slaughter of livestock (7 U.S.C. 1904).
    (xxviii) Administer a competitive grant program for non- profit 
institutions to establish and operate centers for rural technology or 
cooperative development (7 U.S.C. 1932(f)).

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    (xxix) Administer a Nutrition Education Program for Food Stamp 
recipients and for the distribution of commodities on reservations (7 
U.S.C. 2020(f)).
    (xxx) Conduct education and extension programs and a pilot project 
related to nutrition education (7 U.S.C. 2027(a) and 5932).
    (xxxi) Make grants and enter into contracts and other agreements for 
outreach and technical assistance to socially disadvantaged farmers and 
ranchers (7 U.S.C. 2279(a)(3)).
    (xxxii) Develop and maintain national and international library and 
information systems and networks and facilitate cooperation and 
coordination of the agricultural libraries of colleges, universities, 
USDA, and their closely allied information gathering and dissemination 
units in conjunction with private industry and other research libraries 
(7 U.S.C. 2201, 2204, 3125a, and 3126).
    (xxxiii) Accept gifts and order disbursements from the Treasury for 
carrying out of National Agricultural Library (NAL) functions (7 U.S.C. 
2264-2265).
    (xxxiv) Propagate bee-breeding stock and release bee germplasm to 
the public (7 U.S.C. 283).
    (xxxv) Administer, in cooperation with land-grant colleges and 
universities where applicable, a rural development research and 
extension program, a small farm research and extension program, and a 
rural health and safety education program under the Rural Development 
Act of 1972, as amended (7 U.S.C. 2661-2667).
    (xxxvi) Administer a cooperative extension program under the Farmer-
to-Consumer Direct Marketing Act of 1976 (7 U.S.C. 3004).
    (xxxvii) Coordinate the development and carrying out by Department 
agencies of all matters and functions pertaining to agricultural 
research conducted or funded by the Department involving biotechnology, 
including the development and implementation of guidelines for oversight 
of research activities, acting as liaison on all matters and functions 
pertaining to agricultural research in biotechnology between agencies 
within the Department and between the Department and other governmental, 
educational, or private organizations and carrying out any other 
activities authorized by (7 U.S.C. 3121).
    (xxxviii) [Reserved]
    (xxxix) Establish and oversee the National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board (7 U.S.C. 3123).
    (xl) Provide and distribute information and data about Federal, 
State, local, and other Rural Development Assistance Programs and 
services available to individuals and organizations. To the extent 
possible, NAL shall use telecommunications technology to disseminate 
such information to rural areas (7 U.S.C. 3125b).
    (xli) Assemble and collect food and nutrition educational material, 
including the results of nutrition research, training methods, 
procedures, and other materials related to the purposes of the National 
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as 
amended; maintain such information; and provide for the dissemination of 
such information and materials on a regular basis to State educational 
agencies and other interested parties (7 U.S.C. 3126).
    (xlii) Conduct programs related to composting research and extension 
(7 U.S.C. 3130).
    (xliii) Conduct a program of grants to States to expand, renovate, 
or improve schools of veterinary medicine (7 U.S.C. 3151).
    (xliv) Formulate and administer programs to strengthen secondary 
education and two-year post secondary teaching programs; promote 
linkages between secondary, two-year post secondary, and higher 
education programs in the food and agricultural sciences; administer 
grants to secondary education and two-year post secondary teaching 
programs, and to colleges and universities; maintain a national food and 
agricultural education information system (7 U.S.C. 3152).
    (xlv) Administer the National Food and Agricultural Sciences 
Teaching Awards Program for recognition of educators in the food and 
agricultural sciences (7 U.S.C. 3152).
    (xlvi) Administer the National Agricultural Science Award for 
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advanced studies in the food and agricultural sciences (7 U.S.C. 3153).
    (xlvii) Administer grants to colleges, universities, and Federal 
laboratories for research on the production and marketing of alcohols 
and industrial hydrocarbons from agricultural commodities and forest 
products (7 U.S.C. 3154).
    (xlviii) Administer a National Food and Human Nutrition Research and 
Extension Program. Establish and administer a Human Nutrition 
Intervention and Health Promotion Research Program (7 U.S.C. 3171-3175).
    (xlix) Administer and direct an Animal Health and Disease Research 
Program under the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3191-3201).
    (l) Support continuing agricultural and forestry extension and 
research, at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University, 
and administer a grant program for five National Research and Training 
Centers (7 U.S.C. 3221, 3222, 3222c, 3222d).
    (li) Administer grants to 1890 land-grant colleges, including 
Tuskegee University, through Federal-grant funds to help finance 
research facilities and equipment including agricultural libraries (7 
U.S.C. 3223).
    (lii) Establish and administer competitive grants (or grants without 
regard to any requirement for competition) to Hispanic-serving 
Institutions for the purpose of promoting and strengthening the ability 
of Hispanic-serving Institutions to carry out education, applied 
research, and related community development programs (7 U.S.C. 3241).
    (liii) Provide policy direction and coordinate the Department's work 
with national and international institutions and other persons 
throughout the world in the performance of agricultural research, 
extension, teaching, and development activities; administer a program of 
competitive grants for collaborative projects involving Federal 
scientists or scientists from colleges and universities working with 
scientists at international agricultural research centers in other 
nations focusing either on new technologies and programs for increasing 
the production of food and fiber or training scientists and a program of 
competitive grants to colleges and universities to strengthen United 
States economic competitiveness and to promote international market 
development; establish a program in coordination with the Foreign 
Agricultural Service to place interns from United States colleges and 
universities at Foreign Agricultural Service field offices overseas; and 
provide a biennial report to the Committee on Agriculture of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry of the Senate on efforts of the Federal Government to 
coordinate international agricultural research within the Federal 
Government, and to more effectively link the activities of domestic and 
international agricultural researchers, particularly researchers of the 
Agricultural Research Service (7 U.S.C. 3291, 3292b).
    (liv) Provide for an agricultural research and development program 
with the United States/Mexico Foundation for Science (7 U.S.C. 3292a).
    (lv) Administer a program of competitive grants to colleges and 
universities and State cooperative institutions for the acquisition of 
special purpose scientific research equipment for use in the food and 
agricultural sciences (7 U.S.C. 3310a).
    (lvi) Enter into contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements to 
further research, extension, or teaching programs in the food and 
agriculture sciences (7 U.S.C. 3318).
    (lvii) Enter into cost-reimbursable agreements with State 
cooperative institutions or other colleges and universities for the 
acquisition of goods or services in support of research, extension, or 
teaching activities in the food and agricultural sciences, including the 
furtherance of library and related information programs (7 U.S.C. 
3319a).
    (lviii) Conduct research and development and implement a program for 
the development of supplemental and alternative crops (7 U.S.C. 3319d).
    (lix) Administer an Aquaculture Assistance Program, involving 
centers, by making grants to eligible institutions for research and 
extension to facilitate or expand production and marketing of 
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products; making grants to States to formulate Aquaculture development 
plans for the production and marketing of aquacultural species and 
products; and conducting a program of research, extension and 
demonstration at aquacultural demonstration centers (7 U.S.C. 3321-22).
    (lx) Administer a Cooperative Rangeland Research Program (7 U.S.C. 
3331-3336).
    (lxi) Conduct a program of basic research on cancer in animals and 
birds (7 U.S.C. 3902).
    (lxii) Design and implement educational programs and distribute 
materials in cooperation with the cooperative extension services of the 
States emphasizing the importance of productive farmland, and designate 
a farmland information center, pursuant to section 1544 of the Farmland 
Protection Policy Act (7 U.S.C. 4205).
    (lxiii) [Reserved]
    (lxiv) Administer programs and conduct projects for research, 
extension, and education on sustainable agriculture (7 U.S.C. 5811-
5813).
    (lxv) Conduct research and cooperative extension programs to 
optimize crop and livestock production potential, integrated resource 
management, and integrated crop management (7 U.S.C. 5821).
    (lxvi) Design, implement, and develop handbooks, technical guides, 
and other educational materials emphasizing sustainable agriculture 
production systems and practices (7 U.S.C. 5831).
    (lxvii) Administer a competitive grant program to organizations to 
carry out a training program on sustainable agriculture (7 U.S.C. 5832).
    (lxviii) Administer a national research program on genetic resources 
to provide for the collection, preservation, and dissemination of 
genetic material important to American food and agriculture production 
(7 U.S.C. 5841-5844).
    (lxix) Conduct remote-sensing and other weather-related research (7 
U.S.C. 5852).
    (lxx) Establish an Agricultural Weather Office and administer a 
national agricultural weather information system, including a 
competitive grants program for research in atmospheric sciences and 
climatology (7 U.S.C. 5852-5853).
    (lxxi) Administer a research and extension grant program to States 
to administer programs for State agricultural weather information 
systems (7 U.S.C. 5854).
    (lxxii) Administer grants and conduct research programs to measure 
microbiological and chemical agents associated with the production, 
preparation, processing, handling, and storage of agricultural products 
(7 U.S.C. 5871-5874).
    (lxxiii) Administer and conduct research and extension programs on 
integrated pest management, including research to benefit floriculture 
(7 U.S.C. 5881).
    (lxxiv) Establish a National Pesticide Resistance Monitoring Program 
and disseminate information on materials and methods of pest and disease 
control available to agricultural producers through the pest and disease 
control database (7 U.S.C. 5882).
    (lxxv) Administer and conduct research and grant programs on the 
control and eradication of exotic pests (7 U.S.C. 5883).
    (lxxvi) Conduct research and educational programs to study the 
biology and behavior of chinch bugs (7 U.S.C. 5884).
    (lxxvii) Administer research programs and grants for risk assessment 
research to address concerns about the environmental effects of 
biotechnology (7 U.S.C. 5921).
    (lxxviii) Administer a rural electronic commerce extension program 
through grants to regional rural development centers and competitive 
grants to land-grant colleges and universities and to colleges and 
universities (including community colleges) with agricultural or rural 
development programs (7 U.S.C. 5923).
    (lxxix) Conduct a research initiative known as the Agricultural 
Genome Initiative, and make grants or enter into cooperative agreements 
on a competitive basis to carry out the Initiative (7 U.S.C. 5924).
    (lxxx) Administer a competitive high priority research and extension 
grants program in specified subject areas (7 U.S.C. 5925).
    (lxxxi) Administer a program of competitive grants to support 
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extension activities in Nutrient Management Research and Extension (7 
U.S.C. 5925a).
    (lxxxii) Administer competitive grants to support research and 
extension activities regarding organically grown and processed 
agricultural commodities (7 U.S.C. 5925b).
    (lxxxiii) Facilitate access, through the Economic Research Service 
and the Agricultural Research Service (including the National 
Agricultural Library), by research and extensions professionals, 
farmers, and other interested persons in the United States to, and the 
use by those persons of, organic research conducted outside the United 
States (7 U.S.C. 5925d).
    (lxxxiv) Formulate and carry out the Veterinary Medicine Loan 
Repayment Act program authorized by the National Veterinary Medical 
Service Act (7 U.S.C. 3151a).
    (lxxxv)-(lxxxvii) [Reserved]
    (lxxxviii) Establish and administer a program for the development 
and utilization of an agricultural communications network (7 U.S.C. 
5926).
    (lxxxix)-(xc) [Reserved]
    (xci) Administer education programs on Indian reservations and 
tribal jurisdictions (7 U.S.C. 5930).
    (xcii) [Reserved]
    (xciii) Administer a demonstration grants program for support of an 
assistive technology program for farmers with disabilities (7 U.S.C. 
5933).
    (xciv) Conduct research on diseases affecting honeybees (7 U.S.C. 
5934).
    (xcv) Control within USDA the acquisition, use, and disposal of 
material and equipment that may be a source of ionizing radiation 
hazard.
    (xcvi) Conduct programs of research, technology development, and 
education related to global climate change (7 U.S.C. 6701-6710).
    (xcvii) Administer the Small Business Innovation Development Act of 
1982 for USDA (15 U.S.C. 638(e)-(k)).
    (xcviii) Coordinate Departmental policies under the Toxic Substance 
Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601-2629).
    (xcix) Provide educational and technical assistance in implementing 
and administering the Conservation Reserve Program authorized in 
sections 1231-1244 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (Pub. L. No. 99-198, 
99 Stat. 1509 (16 U.S.C. 3831-3844)).
    (c) Enter into cooperative research and development agreements with 
industry, universities, and others; institute a cash award program to 
reward scientific, engineering, and technical personnel; award royalties 
to inventors; and retain and use royalty income (15 U.S.C. 3710a-3710c).
    (ci) Coordinate USDA activities delegated under 15 U.S.C. 3710a-
3710c.
    (cii) Conduct educational and demonstrational work in Cooperative 
Farm Forestry Programs (16 U.S.C. 568).
    (ciii) Administer a cooperative forestry program in accordance with 
the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act, and administer a 
competitive forestry, natural resources, and environmental grant program 
(16 U.S.C. 582A-582A-8).
    (civ) Establish and administer the Forestry Student Grant Program to 
provide competitive grants to assist the expansion of the professional 
education of forestry, natural resources, and environmental scientists 
(16 U.S.C. 1649).
    (cv) Provide for an expanded and comprehensive extension program for 
forest and rangeland renewable resources (16 U.S.C. 1671-1676).
    (cvi) Provide technical, financial, and educational assistance to 
State foresters and State extension directors on rural forestry 
assistance (16 U.S.C. 2102).
    (cvii) Provide educational assistance to State foresters under the 
Forest Stewardship Program (16 U.S.C. 2103a).
    (cviii) Implement and conduct an educational program to assist the 
development of Urban and Community Forestry Programs (16 U.S.C. 2105).
    (cix) Provide staff support to the Secretary of Agriculture in his 
or her role as permanent Chair for the Joint Subcommittee on Aquaculture 
established by the National Aquaculture Act of 1980 and coordinate 
aquacultural activities within the Department (16 U.S.C. 2805).
    (cx) Perform research, development, and extension activities in 
aquaculture (16 U.S.C. 2804 and 2806).
    (cxi) Provide educational assistance to farmers regarding the 
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Water Quality Protection Program (16 U.S.C. 3838b).
    (cxii) Copy and deliver on demand selected articles and other 
materials from the Department's collections by photographic reproduction 
or other means within the permissions, constraints, and limitations of 
sections 106, 107, and 108 of the Copyright Act of October 19, 1976, (17 
U.S.C. 106, 107, and 108).
    (cxiii) Authorize the use of the 4-H Club name and emblem (18 U.S.C. 
707).
    (cxiv) Maintain a National Arboretum for the purposes of research 
and education concerning tree and plant life, and order disbursements 
from the Treasury, in accordance with the Act of March 4, 1927 (20 
U.S.C. 191 et seq.).
    (cxv) Conduct research on foot-and-mouth disease and other animal 
diseases (21 U.S.C. 113a).
    (cxvi) Conduct research on the control and eradication of cattle 
grubs (screwworms) (21 U.S.C. 114e).
    (cxvii) Obtain and furnish Federal excess property to eligible 
recipients for use in the conduct of research and extension programs (40 
U.S.C. 483(d)(2)).
    (cxviii) Conduct research demonstration and promotion activities 
related to farm dwellings and other buildings for the purposes of 
reducing costs and adapting and developing fixtures and appurtenances 
for more efficient and economical farm use (42 U.S.C. 1476(b)).
    (cxix) Carry out research, demonstration, and educational activities 
authorized in section 202(c) of the Colorado River Basin Salinity 
Control Act (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)).
    (cxx) Conduct research on losses of livestock in interstate commerce 
due to injury or disease (45 U.S.C. 71 note).
    (cxxi) Administer a Cooperative Agricultural Extension Program 
related to agriculture, uses of solar energy with respect to 
agriculture, and home economics in the District of Columbia (D.C. Code 
31-1409).
    (cxxii) [Reserved]
    (cxxiii) Exercise the responsibilities of the Secretary under 
regulations dealing with Equal Employment Opportunity in the Cooperative 
Extension Service (part 18 of this title).
    (cxxiv) Represent the Department on the Federal Interagency Council 
on Education.
    (cxxv) Assure the acquisition, preservation, and accessibility of 
all information concerning food and agriculture by providing leadership 
to and coordination of the acquisition programs and related activities 
of the library and information systems, with the agencies of USDA, other 
Federal departments and agencies, State agricultural experiment 
stations, colleges and universities, and other research institutions and 
organizations.
    (cxxvi) Formulate, write, or prescribe bibliographic and technically 
related standards for the library and information services of USDA (7 
U.S.C. 3125a et seq.).
    (cxxvii) Determine by survey or other appropriate means, the 
information needs of the Department's scientific, professional, 
technical, and administrative staffs, its constituencies, and the 
general public in the areas of food, agriculture, the environment, and 
other related areas.
    (cxxviii) Represent the Department on all library and information 
science matters before Congressional Committees and appropriate 
commissions, and provide representation to the coordinating committees 
of the Federal and State governments concerned with library and 
information science activities.
    (cxxix) Represent the Department in international organizational 
activities and on international technical committees concerned with 
agricultural science, education, and development activities, including 
library and information science activities.
    (cxxx) Prepare and disseminate computer files, indexes and 
abstracts, bibliographies, reviews, and other analytical information 
tools.
    (cxxxi) Arrange for the consolidated purchasing and dissemination of 
printed and automated indexes, abstracts, journals, and other widely 
used information resources and services.
    (cxxxii) Provide assistance and support to professional 
organizations and others concerned with library and information science 
matters and issues.
    (cxxxiii) Pursuant to the authority delegated by the Administrator 
of General Services to the Secretary of Agriculture in 34 FR 6406, 36 FR 
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18440, and 38 FR 23838, appoint uniformed armed guards and special 
policemen, make all needful rules and regulations, and annex to such 
rules and regulations such reasonable penalties (not to exceed those 
prescribed in 40 U.S.C. 318(c), as will ensure their enforcement, for 
the protection of persons, property, buildings, and grounds of the 
Arboretum, Washington, DC; the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay 
Center, NE; the Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD; and the 
Animal Disease Center, Plum Island, NY, over which the United States has 
exclusive or concurrent criminal jurisdiction, in accordance with the 
limitations and requirements of the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.), the Act of 
June 1, 1948, as amended (40 U.S.C. 318 et seq.), and the policies, 
procedures, and controls prescribed by the General Services 
Administration. Any rules or regulations promulgated under this 
authority shall be approved by the Director, Office of Operations, and 
the General Counsel prior to issuance.
    (cxxxiv) Represent the Department on the National Science and 
Technology Council.
    (cxxxv) Administer the Department's Patent Program except as 
delegated to the General Counsel in Sec. 2.31(e).
    (cxxxvi) Review cooperative research and development agreements 
entered into pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 3710a-3710c, with authority to 
disapprove or require the modification of any such agreement.
    (cxxxvii) Establish and administer a 1994 Institutions Endowment 
Fund and to enter into agreements necessary to do this (Section 533(b) 
and (c) of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994, 7 
U.S.C. 301 note).
    (cxxxviii) Make grants in equal amounts to 1994 Land-Grant 
Institutions to be used in the same manner as is prescribed for colleges 
under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.), and subject to 
the requirements of such Act (Section 534(a) of the Equity in 
Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994, 7 U.S.C. 301 note).
    (cxxxix) Make competitive Institutional Capacity Building Grants to 
assist 1994 Land-Grant Institutions with constructing, acquiring, and 
remodeling buildings, laboratories, and other capital facilities 
(including fixtures and equipment) necessary to conduct instructional 
activities more effectively in agriculture and sciences (Section 535 of 
the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994, 7 U.S.C. 301 
note).
    (cxl) Make competitive grants to 1994 Land-Grant Institutions to 
conduct agricultural research that addresses high priority concerns of 
tribal, national, or multistate significance (Section 536 of the Equity 
in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994, 7 U.S.C. 301 note).
    (cxli) Implement and administer the Community Food Projects Program 
and the Innovative Programs for Addressing Common Community Problems 
pursuant to the provisions of section 25 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 
(7 U.S.C. 2034).
    (cxlii) [Reserved]
    (cxliii) Coordinate the Department of Agriculture summer intern 
program pursuant to section 922 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement 
and Reform Act (7 U.S.C. 2279c).
    (cxliv) Develop and carry out a system to monitor and evaluate 
agricultural research and extension activities conducted or supported by 
the Department that will enable the Secretary to measure the impact and 
effectiveness of research, extension, and education programs according 
to priorities, goals, and mandates established by law. Conduct a 
comprehensive review of state-of-the-art information technology systems 
for use in developing the system (7 U.S.C. 3129).
    (cxlv) Make grants, competitive grants, and special research grants 
to, and enter into cooperative agreements and other contracting 
instruments with, policy research centers (7 U.S.C. 3155).
    (cxlvi) Conduct a pilot research program to link major cancer and 
heart and other circulatory disease research efforts with agricultural 
research efforts to identify compounds in vegetables and fruits that 
prevent these diseases (7 U.S.C. 3174a).
    (clvii) Administer an Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food 
Systems (7 U.S.C. 7621).

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    (cxlviii) Administer the Stuttgart National Aquaculture Research 
Center (16 U.S.C. 778 et seq.; Pub. L. 104-127, sec. 889).
    (cxlix) Provide technical and educational assistance to conserve and 
enhance private grazing land resources (16 U.S.C. 2005b).
    (cl) Provide technical assistance to farmers and ranchers under the 
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (16 U.S.C. 3830 et seq.).
    (cli) Ensure that agricultural research conducted by the 
Agricultural Research Service, and agricultural research, extension, or 
education activities administered by the Cooperative State Research, 
Education, and Extension Service on a competitive basis address a 
concern that is a priority and has national, multistate, or regional 
significance (7 U.S.C. 7611).
    (clii) Solicit and consider input and recommendations from persons 
who conduct or use agricultural research, extension, or education and, 
after consultation with appropriate subcabinet officials, establish 
priorities for agricultural research, extension, and education 
activities conducted or funded by the Department; promulgate regulations 
concerning implementation of a process for obtaining stakeholder input 
at 1862, 1890, and 1994 Institutions; and ensure that federally 
supported and conducted agricultural research, extension, and education 
activities are accomplished in accord with identified management 
principles (7 U.S.C. 7612).
    (cliii) Establish procedures that provide for scientific peer review 
of each agricultural research grant administered on a competitive basis, 
and for merit review of each agricultural extension or education grant 
administered, on a competitive basis, by the Cooperative State Research, 
Education, and Extension Service (7 U.S.C. 7613(a)).
    (cliv) Consider the results of the annual review performed by the 
Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory 
Board regarding the relevance to priorities of the funding of all 
agricultural research, extension, or education activities conducted or 
funded by the Department and the adequacy of funding, when formulating 
each request for proposals, and evaluating proposals, involving an 
agricultural research, extension, or education activity funded, on a 
competitive basis, by the Department; and solicit and consider input 
from persons who conduct or use agricultural research, extension, or 
education regarding the prior year's request for proposals for each 
activity funded on a competitive basis (7 U.S.C. 7613(c)).
    (clv) Establish, in consultation with appropriate subcabinet 
officials, procedures to ensure scientific peer review of all research 
activities conducted by the Department (7 U.S.C. 7613(d)).
    (clvi) Require a procedure to be established by each 1862, 1890, and 
1994 Institution, for merit review of each agricultural research and 
extension activity funded and review of the activity in accordance with 
the procedure (7 U.S.C. 7613(e)).
    (clvii) Administer an Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food 
Systems (7 U.S.C. 7621).
    (clviii) Administer a program of competitive grants to eligible 
partnerships to coordinate and manage research and extension activities 
to enhance the quality of high-value agricultural products (7 U.S.C. 
7622).
    (clix) Administer a program of competitive grants to eligible 
entities to conduct research, education, or information dissemination 
projects for the development and advancement of precision agriculture (7 
U.S.C. 7623).
    (clx) Coordinate the resources of the Department to develop, 
commercialize, and promote the use of biobased products, and enter into 
cooperative agreements with private entities to operate pilot plants and 
other large-scale preparation facilities under which the facilities and 
technical expertise of the Agricultural Research Service may be made 
available (7 U.S.C. 7624).
    (clxi) Administer the Thomas Jefferson Initiative for Crop 
Diversification program of competitive grants and contracts for the 
purpose of conducting research and development, in cooperation with 
other public and private entities, on the production and marketing of 
new and nontraditional crops needed to strengthen and diversify the 
agricultural production base of the United States (7 U.S.C. 7625).

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    (clxii) Administer competitive grants for integrated, 
multifunctional agricultural research, education, and extension 
activities (7 U.S.C. 7626).
    (clxiii) Administer a coordinated program of research, extension, 
and education to improve the competitiveness, viability, and 
sustainability of small and medium size dairy, livestock, and poultry 
operations (7 U.S.C. 7627).
    (clxiv) Administer grants to consortia of land-grant colleges and 
universities to enhance the ability of the consortia to carry out multi-
State research projects aimed at understanding and combating diseases of 
wheat, triticale, and barley caused by Fusarium graminearum and related 
fungi or Tilletia indica and related fungi (7 U.S.C. 7628).
    (clxv) Operate and administer the Food Animal Residue Avoidance 
Database through contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements with 
appropriate colleges or universities (7 U.S.C. 7642).
    (clxvi) Update on a periodic basis, nutrient composition data and 
report to Congress the method that will be used to update the data and 
the timing of the update (7 U.S.C. 7651).
    (clxvii) Establish and maintain a Food Safety Research Information 
Office at the National Agricultural Library to provide to the research 
community and the general public information on publicly and privately 
funded food safety research initiatives (7 U.S.C. 7654(a)).
    (clxviii) Develop a national program of safe food handling education 
for adults and young people to reduce the risk of food-borne illness (7 
U.S.C. 7655).
    (clxix) Conduct a performance evaluation to determine whether 
federally funded agricultural research, extension, and education 
programs result in public goods that have national or multistate 
significance, including through a contract with one or more entities to 
provide input and recommendations with respect to federally funded 
agricultural research, extension, and education programs (7 U.S.C. 
7671).
    (clxx) Request the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study 
of the role and mission of federally funded agricultural research, 
extension, and education (7 U.S.C. 7672).
    (clxxi) Take a census of agriculture in 1998 and every fifth year 
thereafter pursuant to the Census of Agriculture Act of 1997, Pub. L. 
No. 105-113 (7 U.S.C. 2204g).
    (clxxii) Cooperate with other Federal agencies (including the 
National Science Foundation) in issuing joint requests for proposals, 
awarding grants, and administering grants under any competitive 
agricultural research, education, or extension grant program (7 U.S.C. 
3319b).
    (clxxiii) Administer a program of competitive grants, establish 
education teams, and establish an online clearinghouse of curricula and 
training materials and programs, all for training, education, outreach, 
and technical assistance initiatives for the benefit of beginning 
farmers and ranchers (7 U.S.C. 3319f).
    (clxxiv) Administer agricultural research, education, and extension 
activities (including through competitive grants), using any authority 
available to the Secretary, to reduce the vulnerability of the United 
States food and agricultural system to chemical or biological attack, to 
continue partnerships with institutions of higher education and other 
institutions to help form stable, long-term programs to enhance the 
biosecurity of the United States, to make competitive grants to 
universities and qualified research institutions for research on 
counterbioterrorsims, and to counter or otherwise respond to chemical or 
biological attack (7 U.S.C. 3351).
    (clxxv) Administer a program of competitive grants to colleges and 
universities for expansion and security upgrades to enhance the security 
of agriculture against bioterrorism threats (7 U.S.C. 3352).
    (clxxvi) Administer programs for distance education grants and 
resident instruction grants to eligible institutions in insular areas 
that have demonstrable capacity to carry out teaching and extension 
programs in the food and agricultural sciences (7 U.S.C. 3361-3363).
    (clxxvii) Develop and implement a program to communicate with the 
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in producing food for human consumption (7 U.S.C. 5921a).
    (clxxviii) Administer a program of cooperative research (including 
through competitive award of grants and cooperative agreements to 
colleges and universities) and extension projects on carbon cycling in 
soils and plants, the exchange of other greenhouse gases from 
agriculture, and the carbon sequestration benefits of conservation 
practices (7 U.S.C. 6711).
    (clxxix) Administer a program, in coordination with State 
veterinarians and other appropriate State animal health professionals, 
to conduct research, testing, and evaluation of programs for the control 
and management of Johne's disease in livestock (7 U.S.C. 7629).
    (clxxx) Administer a program of grants to the Girl Scouts of the 
United States of America, the Boy Scouts of America, the National 4-H 
Council, and the National FFA Organization to establish pilot projects 
to expand the programs carried out by the organizations in rural areas 
and small towns (7 U.S.C. 7630).
    (clxxxi) Oversee implementation of the termination of Federal 
schedule A civil service appointments of State agricultural extension 
employees at land-grant colleges and universities (section 7220 of Pub. 
L. 107-171).
    (clxxxii) Administer a program of grants to the Food and 
Agricultural Policy Research Institute (section 10805 of Pub. L. 107-
171).
    (2) Related to committee management. Establish or reestablish 
regional, state and local advisory committees for the activities 
authorized. This authority may not be redelegated.
    (3) Related to defense and emergency preparedness. Administer the 
responsibilities and functions assigned under the Defense Production Act 
of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), and title VI of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5195 et seq.), concerning scientific and educational programs; 
estimates of supplies of agricultural commodities and evaluation of 
requirements therefor; coordination of damage assessment; food and 
agricultural aspects of economic stabilization, economic research, and 
agricultural statistics; and the coordination of energy programs.
    (4) Related to rural development activities. Provide guidance and 
direction for the accomplishment of activities authorized under Section 
V of the Rural Development Act of 1972, as amended (7 U.S.C. 2661 et 
seq.), for programs under the control of the Under Secretary for 
Research, Education, and Economics, coordinating the policy aspects 
thereof with the Under Secretary for Rural Development.
    (5) Related to environmental response. With respect to land and 
facilities under his or her authority, exercise the functions delegated 
to the Secretary by Executive Order 12580, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 193, 
under the following provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (``the Act''), as 
amended:
    (i) Sections 104 (a), (b), and (c)(4) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 9604 
(a), (b), and (c)(4)), with respect to removal and remedial actions in 
the event of release or threatened release of a hazardous substance, 
pollutant, or contaminant into the environment;
    (ii) Sections 104(e)-(h) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 9604(e)-(h)), with 
respect to information gathering and access requests and orders; 
compliance with Federal health and safety standards and wage and labor 
standards applicable to covered work; and emergency procurement powers;
    (iii) Section 104(i)(11) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 9604(i)(11)), with 
respect to the reduction of exposure to significant risk to human 
health;
    (iv) Section 104(j) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 9604(j)), with respect to 
the acquisition of real property and interests in real property required 
to conduct a remedial action;
    (v) The first two sentences of section 105(d) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
9605(d)), with respect to petitions for preliminary assessment of a 
release or threatened release;
    (vi) Section 105(f) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 9605(f)), with respect to 
consideration of the availability of qualified minority firms in 
awarding contracts, but excluding that portion of section 105(f) 
pertaining to the annual report to Congress;

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    (vii) Section 109 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 9609), with respect to the 
assessment of civil penalties for violations of section 122 of the Act 
(42 U.S.C. 9622), and the granting of awards to individuals providing 
information;
    (viii) Section 111(f) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 9611(f)), with respect 
to the designation of officials who may obligate money in the Hazardous 
Substances Superfund;
    (ix) Section 113(k) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 9613(k)), with respect to 
establishing an administrative record upon which to base the selection 
of a response action and identifying and notifying potentially 
responsible parties;
    (x) Section 116(a) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 9616(a)), with respect to 
preliminary assessment and site inspection of facilities;
    (xi) Sections 117 (a) and (c) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 9617 (a) and 
(c)), with respect to public participation in the preparation of any 
plan for remedial action and explanation of variances from the final 
remedial action plan for any remedial action or enforcement action, 
including any settlement or consent decree entered into;
    (xii) Section 119 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 9119), with respect to 
indemnifying response action contractors;
    (xiii) Section 121 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 9621), with respect to 
cleanup standards; and
    (xiv) Section 122 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 9622), with respect to 
settlements, but excluding section 122(b)(1) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
9622(b)(1)), related to mixed funding agreements.
    (6) Related to compliance with environmental laws. With respect to 
facilities and activities under his or her authority, to exercise the 
authority of the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to section 1-102 
related to compliance with applicable pollution control standards and 
section 1-601 of Executive Order 12088, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 243, to 
enter into an inter-agency agreement with the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency, or an administrative consent order or a 
consent judgment in an appropriate State, interstate, or local agency, 
containing a plan and schedule to achieve and maintain compliance with 
applicable pollution control standards established pursuant to the 
following:
    (i) Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act, as further amended by the Hazardous and 
Solid Waste Amendments, and the Federal Facility Compliance Act (42 
U.S.C. 6901 et seq.);
    (ii) Federal Water Pollution Prevention and Control Act, as amended 
(33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.);
    (iii) Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.);
    (iv) Clean Air Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.);
    (v) Noise Control Act of 1972, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4901 et seq.);
    (vi) Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2601 et 
seq.);
    (vii) Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.); and
    (viii) Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and 
Reauthorization Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.).
    (7) Related to national food and human nutrition research. (i) 
Administer a National Food and Human Nutrition Research Program under 
the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act 
of 1977, as amended. As used herein the term ``research'' includes:
    (A) Research on the nutrient composition of foods and the effects of 
agricultural practices, handling, food processing, and cooking on the 
nutrients they contain;
    (B) Surveillance of the nutritional benefits provided to 
participants in the food programs administered by the Department; and
    (C) Research on the factors affecting food preference and habits (7 
U.S.C. 3171-3175, 3177).
    (ii) The authority in paragraph (a)(7)(i) of this section includes 
the authority to:
    (A) Appraise the nutritive content of the U.S. food supply;
    (B) Develop and make available data on the nutrient composition of 
foods needed by Federal, State, and local agencies administering food 
and nutrition programs, and the general public, to improve the 
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    (C) Coordinate nutrition education research projects within the 
Department; and
    (D) Maintain data generated on food composition in a National 
Nutrient Data Bank.
    (iii) Conduct, in cooperation with the Department of Health and 
Human Services, the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research 
Program. Included in this delegation is the authority to:
    (A) Design and carry out periodic nationwide food consumption 
surveys to measure household food consumption;
    (B) Design and carry out a continuous, longitudinal individual 
intake survey of the United States population and special high-risk 
groups; and
    (C) Design and carry out methodological research studies to develop 
improved procedures for collecting household and individual food intake 
consumption data;
    (iv) [Reserved]
    (v) Co-chair with the Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of 
Health and Human Services, the Interagency Board for Nutrition 
Monitoring and Related Research for the development and coordination of 
a Ten-Year Comprehensive Plan as required by Pub. L. No. 101-445, 7 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.
    (8) Related to economic research and statistical reporting. (i) 
Conduct economic research on matters of importance to cooperatives as 
authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-
1627).
    (ii) Conduct economic and social science research and analyses 
relating to:
    (A) Food and agriculture situation and outlook;
    (B) The production, marketing, and distribution of food and fiber 
products (excluding forest and forest products), including studies of 
the performance of the food and agricultural sector of the economy in 
meeting needs and wants of consumers;
    (C) Basic and long-range, worldwide, economic analyses and research 
on supply, demand, and trade in food and fiber products and the effects 
on the U.S. food and agriculture system, including general economic 
analyses of the international financial and monetary aspects of 
agricultural affairs;
    (D) Natural resources, including studies of the use and management 
of land and water resources, the quality of these resources, resource 
institutions, and watershed and river basin development problems; and
    (E) Rural people and communities, as authorized by title II of the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627), and 
the Act of June 29, 1935, as amended (7 U.S.C. 427).
    (iii) Perform economic and other social science research under 
section 104(b)(1) and (3) of the Agricultural Trade Development and 
Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, with funds administered by the 
Foreign Agricultural Service (7 U.S.C. 1704).
    (iv) Prepare crop and livestock estimates and administer reporting 
programs, including estimates of production, supply, price, and other 
aspects of the U.S. agricultural economy, collection of statistics, 
conduct of enumerative and objective measurement surveys, construction 
and maintenance of sampling frames, and related activities. Prepare 
reports of the Agricultural Statistics Board covering official state and 
national estimates (7 U.S.C. 476, 951, and 2204).
    (v) Take such security precautions as are necessary to prevent 
disclosure of crop or livestock report information prior to the 
scheduled issuance time approved in advance by the Secretary of 
Agriculture and take such actions as are necessary to avoid disclosure 
of confidential data or information supplied by any person, firm, 
partnership, corporation, or association (18 U.S.C. 1902, 1903, and 
2072).
    (vi) Improve statistics in the Department; maintain liaison with OMB 
and other Federal agencies for coordination of statistical methods and 
techniques.
    (vii) Investigate and make findings as to the effect upon the 
production of food and upon the agricultural economy of any proposed 
action pending before the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency for presentation in the public interest, before said 
Administrator, other agencies, or before the courts.
    (viii) Review economic data and analyses used in speeches by 
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release through the press, radio, and television.
    (ix) Coordinate all economic analysis and review all decisions 
involving substantial economic policy implications.
    (x) Cooperate and work with national and international institutions 
and other persons throughout the world in the performance of 
agricultural research and extension activities to promote and support 
the development of a viable and sustainable global and agricultural 
system. Such work may be carried out by:
    (A) Exchanging research materials and results with the institutions 
or persons;
    (B) Engaging in joint or coordinated research;
    (C) Entering into cooperative arrangements with Departments and 
Ministries of Agriculture in other nations to conduct research, 
extension; and education activities (limited to arrangements either 
involving no exchange of funds or involving disbursements by the agency 
to the institutions of other nations), and then reporting these 
arrangements to the Secretary of Agriculture;
    (D) Stationing representatives at such institutions or organizations 
in foreign countries; or
    (E) Entering into agreements with land-grant colleges and 
universities, other organizations, institutions, or individuals with 
comparable goals, and with the concurrence of the Foreign Agricultural 
Service, USDA, international organizations (limited to agreements either 
involving no exchange of funds or involving disbursements by the agency 
to the cooperator), and then reporting these agreements to the Secretary 
of Agriculture (7 U.S.C. 3291(a)).
    (xi) Prepare for transmittal by the Secretary to the President and 
both Houses of Congress, an analytical report under section 5 of the 
Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 3504) 
concerning the effect on family farms and rural communities of holdings, 
acquisitions, and transfers of U.S. agricultural land by foreign 
persons.
    (xii) Enter into contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements to 
further research and statistical reporting programs in the food and 
agricultural sciences (7 U.S.C. 3318).
    (xiii) Enter into cost-reimbursable agreements relating to 
agricultural research and statistical reporting (7 U.S.C. 3319a).
    (xiv) Ensure that segregated data on the production and marketing of 
organic agricultural products is included in the ongoing baseline of 
data collection regarding agricultural production and marketing (7 
U.S.C. 5925c).
    (xv) Administer a program of mandatory reporting for dairy products 
and substantially identical products (7 U.S.C. 1637a, 1637b).
    (xvi) Include in each issuance of projections of net farm income an 
estimate of the net farm income earned by commercial producers in the 
United States that will in addition show the estimate of net farm income 
attributable to commercial producers of livestock, loan commodities, and 
agricultural commodities other than loan commodities (7 U.S.C. 7998).
    (9) Related to immigration. Serve as the designee of the Secretary 
pursuant to section 212(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as 
amended, 8 U.S.C. 1182(e) and 22 CFR 514.44(c)).
    (10) Related to hazardous materials management. (i) Serve on the 
USDA Hazardous Materials Policy Council.
    (ii) Recommend actions and policies that enable USDA agencies under 
his or her authority to comply with the intent, purposes, and standards 
of environmental laws for pollution prevention, control, and abatement.
    (iii) Consult with the United States Environmental Protection Agency 
and other appropriate Federal agencies in developing pollution 
prevention, control, and abatement policies and programs relating to 
agencies under his or her authority.
    (iv) Serve as a USDA Environmental Executive responsible for 
coordinating waste prevention; recycling; and the procurement, 
acquisition, and use of recycled products and environmentally preferable 
products, including biobased products, and services pursuant to 
Executive Order 13101 (dual assignment with the Assistant Secretary for 
Administration).
    (b) The following authorities are reserved to the Secretary of 
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    (1) Related to science and education. (i) Withhold funds from States 
in accordance with section 1436 of the National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3198).
    (ii) Reapportion funds under section 4 and apportion funds under 
section 5 of the Act of October 10, 1962 (16 U.S.C. 582a-3, 582a-5).
    (iii) Appoint an advisory committee under section 6 of the Act of 
October 10, 1962 (16 U.S.C. 582a-4).
    (iv) Final concurrence in Equal Employment Opportunity Programs 
within the cooperative extension programs submitted under part 18 of 
this title.
    (v) Approve selection of State directors of extension.
    (vi) Approve the memoranda of understanding between the land-grant 
universities and USDA related to cooperative extension programs.
    (2) Related to economic research and statistical reporting. (i) 
Final approval and issuance of the monthly crop report (7 U.S.C. 411a).
    (ii) Final action on rules and regulations for the Agricultural 
Statistics Board.

[60 FR 56393, Nov. 8, 1995, as amended at 62 FR 65593, Dec. 15, 1997; 64 
FR 40735, July 28, 1999; 65 FR 5414, Feb. 4, 2000; 65 FR 12428, Mar. 9, 
2000; 65 FR 31245, May 17, 2000; 68 FR 27437, May 20, 2003; 72 FR 12701, 
Mar. 19, 2007]