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[CITE: 7USC6911]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
          CHAPTER 98--DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REORGANIZATION
 
            SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL REORGANIZATION AUTHORITIES
 
Sec. 6911. Transfer of Department functions to Secretary of 
        Agriculture
        

(a) Transfer of functions

    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, there are 
transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture all functions of all 
agencies, offices, officers, and employees of the Department that are 
not already vested in the Secretary on October 13, 1994.

(b) Exceptions

    Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to the following 
functions:
        (1) Functions vested by subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5 in 
    administrative law judges employed by the Department.
        (2) Functions vested by the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
    U.S.C. App.) in the Inspector General of the Department.
        (3) Functions vested by chapter 9 of title 31 in the Chief 
    Financial Officer of the Department.
        (4) Functions vested in the corporations of the Department or 
    the boards of directors and officers of such corporations.
        (5) Functions vested in the Corporate Board of the Alternative 
    Agricultural Research and Commercialization Corporation by the 
    Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Act of 1990 
    (7 U.S.C. 5901 et seq.).

(Pub. L. 103-354, title II, Sec. 211, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3209; 
Pub. L. 104-127, title VII, Sec. 722(c), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1115.)

                       References in Text

    The Inspector General Act of 1978, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is 
Pub. L. 95-452, Oct. 12, 1978, 92 Stat. 1101, as amended, which is set 
out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
    The Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Act of 
1990, referred to in subsec. (b)(5), is subtitle G (Secs. 1657-1664) of 
title XVI of Pub. L. 101-624, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3756, which is 
classified generally to subchapter VI (Sec. 5901 et seq.) of chapter 88 
of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
section 5901(a) of this title and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 104-127 substituted ``Corporate Board 
of the Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization 
Corporation'' for ``Alternative Agricultural Research and 
Commercialization Board''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 6912 of this title.
