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7 U.S.C. 6971: Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics

Created in 1994 by Public Law 103-354. Changed by 4 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

7 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 7 U.S.C. 390, 7 U.S.C. 3157, 7 U.S.C. 3159, 7 U.S.C. 7014, 7 U.S.C. 7614.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2018

    • Pub. L. 115–334, §12411(a)(1), substituted "Office of the Chief Scientist" for "Research, Education, and Extension Office" in heading. (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (e)
    • Pub. L. 115–334, §12411(a)(2), substituted "Office of the Chief Scientist" for "Research, Education, and Extension Office". (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (e)
    • Pub. L. 115–334, §12411(a)(3), substituted "Office of the Chief Scientist" for "Research, Education, and Extension Office" in introductory provisions. (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (e)
    • Pub. L. 115–334, §12411(a)(4), substituted "clauses (i) and (iii) of subparagraph (A) shall be for not less than 3 years" for "subparagraph (A) shall not exceed 4 years". (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (e)
    • Pub. L. 115–334, §12411(a)(6), added par. (4). Former par. (4) redesignated (5). (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (e)
    • Pub. L. 115–334, §12411(a)(5), redesignated par. (4) as (5). Former par. (5) redesignated (6). (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (e)
    • Pub. L. 115–334, §12411(a)(7)(A), designated existing provisions as cl. (ii), inserted heading, substituted "In addition to amounts made available under clause (i), notwithstanding" for "Notwithstanding", and added cl. (i). (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (e)
    • Pub. L. 115–334, §12411(a)(7)(B), added cl. (iii). (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (e)
    • Pub. L. 115–334, §12411(a)(5), (8), redesignated par. (5) as (6) and substituted "Office of the Chief Scientist" for "Research, Education, and Extension Office". (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (e)
    • Pub. L. 115–334, §11125(b), substituted "section 1524(a) of this title" for "section 1524(a)(3) of this title". (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (f)
    • Pub. L. 115–334, §12301(a)(2)(B), added cl. (iv) and struck out former cl. (iv) which read as follows: "The program providing grants for beginning farmer and rancher development established under section 3319f of this title." (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (f)
    • Pub. L. 115–334, §12411(b)(1), substituted "Office of the Chief Scientist" for "Research, Education and Extension Office". (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (f)

    2014

    • Pub. L. 113–79, §7111(b)(2), inserted "except for the competitive grant program under section 1433(b)" before period at end. (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (f)
    • Pub. L. 113–79, §7212(b), redesignated cls. (xii) and (xiii) as (xi) and (xii), respectively, and struck out former cl. (xi) which read as follows: "The administration and management of the Agricultural Bioenergy Feedstock and Energy Efficiency Research and Extensio… (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (f)

    2008

    • Pub. L. 110–246, §7511(a)(1), inserted "(referred to in this section as the 'Under Secretary')" before period at end. (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 110–246, §7511(a)(2), (4), added subsecs. (b) to (f) and struck out former subsecs. (b) to (d) which related to Senate confirmation, functions of the Under Secretary, and establishment and functions of the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service. (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (b), (c), (d), (e), (f)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.