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7 U.S. Code § 6912. Authority of Secretary to delegate transferred functions
(a) Delegation of authority
(1) Delegation authorized
Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary may delegate to any agency, office, officer, or employee of the Department the authority to perform any function transferred to the Secretary under section 6911(a) [1] of this title or any other function vested in the Secretary as of October 13, 1994. The authority provided in the preceding sentence includes the authority to establish, consolidate, alter, or discontinue any agency, office, or other administrative unit of the Department.
(2) Condition on authorityThe delegation authority provided by paragraph (1) shall be subject to—
(A)
sections 6942, 6971(f), 6993, and 2204e of this title and subsections (a) and (b)(1) of section 6981 of this title;
(B)
sections 5692 and 5693 of this title; and
(C)
section 590h(b)(5) of title 16.