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[CITE: 7USC6918]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
          CHAPTER 98--DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REORGANIZATION
 
            SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL REORGANIZATION AUTHORITIES
 
Sec. 6918. Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture


(a) Authorization

    The Secretary is authorized to establish in the Department the 
positions of--
        (1) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Congressional 
    Relations; and
        (2) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Administration.

(b) Confirmation required

    If the Secretary establishes any position of Assistant Secretary 
authorized under subsection (a) of this section, the Assistant Secretary 
shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent 
of the Senate.

(c) Succession

    Any official who is serving as Assistant Secretary of Agriculture 
for Administration or Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for 
Congressional Relations on October 13, 1994, and who was appointed as 
such Assistant Secretary by the President, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate, shall not be required to be reappointed under 
subsection (b) of this section to the successor position authorized 
under subsection (a) of this section if the Secretary establishes the 
position, and the official occupies the new position, within 180 days 
after October 13, 1994 (or such later date set by the Secretary if 
litigation delays rapid succession).

(Pub. L. 103-354, title II, Sec. 218, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3212; 
Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, Sec. 101(a) [title X, Sec. 1001(1)], Oct. 21, 
1998, 112 Stat. 2681, 2681-41.)

                          Codification

    Section is comprised of section 218 of Pub. L. 103-354. Subsec. (d) 
of section 218 of Pub. L. 103-354 amended section 5315 of Title 5, 
Government Organization and Employees. Subsec. (e) of section 218 of 
Pub. L. 103-354 amended section 3128 of this title and repealed sections 
2212 to 2212c of this title and section 2 of Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1953, 
set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-277 inserted ``and'' at end of par. 
(1), substituted a period for ``; and'' at end of par. (2), and struck 
out par. (3) which read as follows: ``Assistant Secretary of Agriculture 
for Marketing and Regulatory Programs.''
