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[CITE: 7USC6933]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
          CHAPTER 98--DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REORGANIZATION
 
          SUBCHAPTER II--FARM AND FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES
 
Sec. 6933. Office of Risk Management


(a) Establishment

    Subject to subsection (e) \1\ of this section, the Secretary shall 
establish and maintain in the Department an independent Office of Risk 
Management.
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    \1\ So in original. There is no subsection (e).
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(b) Functions of Office of Risk Management

    The Office of Risk Management shall have jurisdiction over the 
following functions:
        (1) Supervision of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.
        (2) Administration and oversight of all aspects, including 
    delivery through local offices of the Department, of all programs 
    authorized under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et 
    seq.).
        (3) Any pilot or other programs involving revenue insurance, 
    risk management savings accounts, or the use of the futures market 
    to manage risk and support farm income that may be established under 
    the Federal Crop Insurance Act or other law.
        (4) Such other functions as the Secretary considers appropriate.

(c) Administrator

                           (1) Appointment

        The Office of Risk Management shall be headed by an 
    Administrator who shall be appointed by the Secretary.

                             (2) Manager

        The Administrator of the Office of Risk Management shall also 
    serve as Manager of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.

(d) Resources

                     (1) Functional coordination

        Certain functions of the Office of Risk Management, such as 
    human resources, public affairs, and legislative affairs, may be 
    provided by a consolidation of such functions under the Under 
    Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services.

                       (2) Minimum provisions

        Notwithstanding paragraph (1) or any other provision of law or 
    order of the Secretary, the Secretary shall provide the Office of 
    Risk Management with human and capital resources sufficient for the 
    Office to carry out its functions in a timely and efficient manner.

(Pub. L. 103-354, title II, Sec. 226A, as added Pub. L. 104-127, title 
I, Sec. 194(a), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 945.)

                       References in Text

    The Federal Crop Insurance Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), (3), 
is title V of act Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, 52 Stat. 72, as amended, which 
is classified generally to chapter 36 (Sec. 1501 et seq.) of this title. 
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1501 of 
this title and Tables.
