[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1319 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1319

 To provide for the reorganization of the United States Department of 
                              Agriculture.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 1993

 Mr. Glickman (for himself, Mr. Fawell, and Mr. Porter) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the reorganization of the United States Department of 
                              Agriculture.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Department of 
Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1993''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
TITLE I--REORGANIZATION OF THE HEADQUARTERS OPERATION OF THE DEPARTMENT 
                             OF AGRICULTURE

Sec. 101. Department of Agriculture.
Sec. 102. Secretary of Agriculture.
Sec. 103. Office of the Secretary of Agriculture.
Sec. 104. Executive Secretariat.
Sec. 105. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture.
Sec. 106. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Programs.
Sec. 107. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development.
Sec. 108. Under Secretary of Agriculture for International Programs.
Sec. 109. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and 
                            Environment.
Sec. 110. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Consumer and Marketing 
                            Services.
Sec. 111. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research.
Sec. 112. Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture.
Sec. 113. General Counsel.
Sec. 114. Inspector General.
Sec. 115. Chief Clerk.
    TITLE II--REORGANIZATION OF THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO FARMERS

Sec. 201. Establishment of the farm services administration.
Sec. 202. Consolidation of field offices of the department of 
                            agriculture.
Sec. 203. Reorganization of local and county committee system.
Sec. 204. Application of farm program appeals system.
                  TITLE III--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Sec. 301. Reductions in the headquarters office of the department of 
                            agriculture.
Sec. 302. Paperwork reduction.
Sec. 303. Sense of congress.
Sec. 304. Conforming amendments and repeals.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Department of Agriculture workforce has grown to 
        become the third largest civilian workforce in the United 
        States with offices in all but six percent of the counties in 
        the country.
            (2) The farm population of the United States represents 
        less than three percent of the total population of the country 
        and only sixteen percent of all counties in the country are 
        farming counties.
            (3) The ratio of Department of Agriculture employees to 
        farms is more than double what it was 30 years ago.
            (4) The Department of Agriculture maintains a field office 
        system that costs over $1000 per farm per year to operate for a 
        total cost of approximately $2.4 billion annually.
            (5) The growth in the number of employees and offices of 
        the Department of Agriculture is due in part to the increasing 
        complexity of farm programs and is an ineffective use of 
        Federal resources.
            (6) The reorganization and streamlining of the Department 
        of Agriculture is necessary to save Federal resources and more 
        efficiently serve the needs of farmers and rural America.

TITLE I--REORGANIZATION OF THE HEADQUARTERS OPERATION OF THE DEPARTMENT 
                             OF AGRICULTURE

SEC. 101. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (7 U.S.C. 2201-2203).

    (a) Executive Department.--The Department of Agriculture shall be 
an executive department of the United States Government at the seat of 
the Government.
    (b) Purposes.--The general design and duties of the Department 
shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United 
States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture, rural 
development, aquaculture, and human nutrition, in the most general and 
comprehensive sense of those terms, and to procure, propagate, and 
distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants.
    (c) Composition.--The Department shall be composed of the 
following:
            (1) The Office of the Secretary of Agriculture.
            (2) The Commodity Credit Corporation.
            (3) The Farm Services Administration.
            (4) The Rural Development Administration.
            (5) The Rural Electrification Administration.
            (6) The Foreign Agricultural Service.
            (7) The Office of International Cooperation and 
        Development.
            (8) The Soil Conservation Service.
            (9) The Forest Service.
            (10) The Food and Nutrition Service.
            (11) The Human Nutrition Information Service.
            (12) The Agricultural Marketing Service.
            (13) The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
            (14) The Federal Grain Inspection Service.
            (15) The Food Safety and Inspection Service.
            (16) The Packers and Stockyards Administration.
            (17) The Agricultural Research Service.
            (18) The Cooperative State Research Service.
            (19) The National Agricultural Library.
            (20) The World Agricultural Outlook Board.
            (21) The Economic Research Service.
            (22) The National Agricultural Statistics Service.
            (23) Such other offices, agencies, and activities as may be 
        established or designated by law or by the President.
            (24) All offices, agencies, activities under the control or 
        supervision of an agency or office named in paragraphs (1) 
        through (23).
    (d) Seal.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall procure a proper 
seal, with such suitable inscriptions and devices as the Secretary may 
approve, to be known as the official seal of the Department of 
Agriculture, and to be kept and used to verify official documents, 
under such rules and regulations as the Secretary may prescribe.

SEC. 102. SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE (7 U.S.C. 2202-2209).

    (a) Department Head.--The head of the Department of Agriculture is 
the Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary shall serve as the 
principal assistant to the President in all matters relating to the 
Department.
    (b) Appointment.--The Secretary shall be appointed by the 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
    (c) General Duties.--
            (1) Information collection.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
        shall procure and preserve all information concerning 
        agriculture, rural development, aquaculture, and human 
        nutrition which can be obtained--
                    (A) by means of books and correspondence;
                    (B) by practical and scientific experiments, 
                accurate records of which experiments shall be 
                preserved;
                    (C) by the collection of statistics; and
                    (D) by any other appropriate means.
            (2) Plants and seeds.--The Secretary shall collect new and 
        valuable seeds and plants and shall test, by cultivation, the 
        value of such of them as may require such tests. The Secretary 
        shall propagate such seeds and plants as may be worthy of 
        propagation and shall distribute them among agriculturists.
            (3) Advisory duties.--The Secretary shall advise the 
        President, other members of the Cabinet, and the Congress on 
        policies and programs designed to improve the quality of life 
        for people living in the rural and nonmetropolitan regions of 
        the United States.
            (4) Research regarding rural conditions.--The Secretary may 
        initiate or expand research and development efforts related to 
        solution of problems of rural water supply, rural sewage and 
        solid waste management, rural housing, rural industrialization, 
        and technology appropriate to small- and moderate-sized family 
        farming operations, and any other problem that the Secretary 
        may determine has an effect upon the economic development or 
        the quality of life in rural areas.
    (d) Custody of Property and Records.--The Secretary shall have 
charge, in the building and premises appropriated to the Department, of 
the library, furniture, fixtures, records, and other property 
appertaining to it, or acquired for use in its business.
    (e) Reports.--The Secretary shall annually submit a general report 
in writing to the President of the activities of the Department, in 
which the Secretary may recommend the publication of papers forming 
parts of or accompanying the report. The Secretary shall also make 
special reports on particular subjects whenever required to do so by 
the President or either House of Congress, or when the Secretary 
considers shall a report to be necessary.
    (f) Use and Accounting of Funds.--The Secretary shall direct and 
superintend the expenditure of all money appropriated to the Department 
and render accounts thereof. The Secretary shall furnish proper 
vouchers and accounts for the sums appropriated for the Department of 
Agriculture to the General Accounting Office.

SEC. 103. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.

    (a) Establishment and Function.--There is in the Department of 
Agriculture an Office of the Secretary of Agriculture. The function of 
the Office is to assist the Secretary in carrying out the duties and 
responsibilities of the Secretary and to carry out such other duties as 
may be prescribed by law. The Office of the Secretary shall be 
responsible for overall leadership of the Department.
    (b) Composition.--The Office of the Secretary of Agriculture is 
composed of the following:
            (1) The Executive Secretariat.
            (2) The Deputy Secretary of Agriculture.
            (3) The Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Programs.
            (4) The Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural 
        Development.
            (5) The Under Secretary of Agriculture for International 
        Programs.
            (6) The Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural 
        Resources and Environment.
            (7) The Under Secretary of Agriculture for Consumer and 
        Marketing Services.
            (8) The Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research.
            (9) The Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture.
            (10) The Chief Financial Officer of the Department of 
        Agriculture.
            (11) The General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture.
            (12) The Inspector General of the Department of 
        Agriculture.
            (13) Such other offices and officials as may be established 
        by law or the Secretary of Agriculture may establish or 
        designate in the Office.

SEC. 104. EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT.

    (a) Establishment.--There is in the Office of the Secretary of 
Agriculture an Executive Secretariat to be headed by the Deputy 
Secretary of Agriculture.
    (b) Duties.--
            (1) Administration and management.--The Executive 
        Secretariat shall consolidate into one place all department-
        wide administrative and managerial activities, such as 
        personnel, information, and financial systems, including the 
        administrative functions of the Commodity Credit Corporation.
            (2) Public affairs.--The Executive Secretariat shall be 
        responsible for public affairs, including media relations, 
        throughout the Department and the congressional liaison and 
        intergovernmental affairs of each agency and office of the 
        Department.
            (3) Adjudications and appeals.--The Executive Secretariat 
        shall oversee adjudicatory agencies and functions of the 
        Department, including the National Appeals Division to hear 
        appeals related to all farmer services programs.

SEC. 105. DEPUTY SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE (7 U.S.C. 2210-2211).

    (a) Appointment.--There is a Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, 
appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice 
and consent of the Senate.
    (b) Duties.--The Deputy Secretary shall perform such duties and 
exercise such powers as the Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe. The 
Deputy Secretary may exercise the functions and perform the duties of 
the first assistant of the Secretary of Agriculture within the meaning 
of section 3345 of title 5, United States Code.
    (c) Precedence.--The Deputy Secretary takes precedence in the 
Department of Agriculture immediately after the Secretary of 
Agriculture.

SEC. 106. UNDER SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE FOR FARM PROGRAMS (7 U.S.C. 
              2211a).

    (a) Appointment.--There is an Under Secretary of Agriculture for 
Farm Programs, appointed from civilian life by the President, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate.
    (b) Duties.--The Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Programs 
shall have jurisdiction for all programs of the Department of 
Agriculture providing direct assistance to farmers, including farm 
price and income support and farm financing, crop insurance, and 
technical assistance provided under the Farm Services Administration.

SEC. 107. UNDER SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (7 
              U.S.C. 2211b).

    (a) Appointment.--There is an Under Secretary of Agriculture for 
Rural Development, appointed from civilian life by the President, by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
    (b) Duties.--The Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural 
Development shall have jurisdiction for all programs of the Department 
of Agriculture related to rural development, including those programs 
in the Rural Development Administration and Rural Electrification 
Administration and the housing, community facilities, and business and 
industry loan programs of the Farmers Home Administration.

SEC. 108. UNDER SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE FOR INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS.

    (a) Appointment.--There is an Under Secretary of Agriculture for 
International Programs, appointed from civilian life by the President, 
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
    (b) Duties.--The Under Secretary of Agriculture for International 
Programs shall oversee the trade policy and export programs of the 
Department of Agriculture under the Foreign Agricultural Service and 
Office of International Cooperation and Development.

SEC. 109. UNDER SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND 
              ENVIRONMENT.

    (a) Appointment.--There is an Under Secretary of Agriculture for 
Natural Resources and Environment, appointed from civilian life by the 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
    (b) Duties.--The Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural 
Resources and Environment shall have jurisdiction for programs of the 
Department of Agriculture relating to natural resources, conservation, 
and the environment generally. The Under Secretary shall have 
jurisdiction over the Forest Service, the Soil Conservation Service, 
conservation cost share programs of the Agricultural Conservation and 
Stabilization Service, and natural resource programs of the Extension 
Service. The Under Secretary shall also have responsibility for energy 
and pesticide programs of the Department.

SEC. 110. UNDER SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE FOR CONSUMER AND MARKETING 
              SERVICES.

    (a) Appointment.--There is an Under Secretary of Agriculture for 
Consumer and Marketing Services, appointed from civilian life by the 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
    (b) Duties.--The Under Secretary of Agriculture for Consumer and 
Marketing Services shall have jurisdiction over the food and nutrition, 
inspection, and marketing programs of the Department of Agriculture. 
This jurisdiction shall include nutrition programs, food stamps, meat 
and grain inspection, marketing programs, and the consumer assistance 
programs of the Extension Service.

SEC. 111. UNDER SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE FOR RESEARCH.

    (a) Appointment.--There is an Under Secretary of Agriculture for 
Research, appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with 
the advice and consent of the Senate.
    (b) Duties.--The Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research shall 
have jurisdiction over all research efforts and economic analysis of 
the Department of Agriculture.

SEC. 112. ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF AGRICULTURE (7 U.S.C. 2212-2212c).

    (a) Appointment.--There are seven Assistant Secretaries of 
Agriculture, appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with 
the advice and consent of the Senate.
    (b) Duties.--The Assistant Secretaries shall perform such duties 
and exercise such powers as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe.

SEC. 113. GENERAL COUNSEL.

    (a) Appointment.--There is a General Counsel of the Department of 
Agriculture, appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with 
the advice and consent of the Senate.
    (b) Chief Legal Officer.--The General Counsel is the chief legal 
officer of the Department of Agriculture and shall perform such 
functions as the Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe.

SEC. 114. INSPECTOR GENERAL.

    (a) Appointment.--There is an Inspector General of the Department 
of Agriculture, who is appointed as provided in section 3 of the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-452; 5 U.S.C. App. 3).
    (b) Duties.--The Inspector General shall be responsible for 
oversight of the Department of Agriculture. The Inspector General 
performs the duties, has the responsibilities, and exercises the powers 
specified in the Inspector General Act of 1978.

SEC. 115. CHIEF CLERK (7 U.S.C. 2215).

    The Secretary of Agriculture shall appoint a chief clerk.

    TITLE II--REORGANIZATION OF THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO FARMERS

SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FARM SERVICES ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) Establishment; Administration.--There is established in the 
Department of Agriculture the Farm Services Administration, which shall 
be headed by an Administrator appointed by the Secretary of 
Agriculture. The position of Administrator shall be a Senior Executive 
Service position, and the rate of basic pay for the Administrator shall 
be set as provided in subchapter VIII of chapter 53 of title 5, United 
States Code.
    (b) Purpose of Administration.--The purpose of the Farm Services 
Administration is to provide a single agency to administer all programs 
and activities of the Department of Agriculture that serve farmers in 
order to ensure more effective, efficient, and economical 
administration of those programs and activities and to eliminate 
duplication.
    (c) Consolidation of Existing Agencies.--During the five-year 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall consolidate into the Farm Services 
Administration the following agencies of the Department of Agriculture:
            (1) The Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation 
        Service.
            (2) The Extension Service.
            (3) The farmer lending programs of the Farmers Home 
        Administration established in section 331 of the Consolidated 
        Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1981).
            (4) The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation established in 
        section 503 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1503).
    (d) Effect of Consolidation.--Upon consolidation of an agency 
referred to in subsection (c), all programs and activities previously 
administered by that agency shall be administered by the Farm Services 
Administration. The assets, contracts, property, records, and employees 
of that agency, and the unexpended balances of any appropriations 
available to that agency, relating to those programs and activities 
shall be transferred to the Farm Services Administration. Any reference 
to that agency or the head of that agency in any law, regulation, or 
order shall be considered to be a reference to the Farm Services 
Administration or the Administrator, as the case may be.
    (e) Certain Programs and Activities to the Rural Development 
Administration.--Notwithstanding subsection (d), if the Secretary of 
Agriculture determines that a program or activity of an agency referred 
to in subsection (c) or other agency of the Department of Agriculture 
is not directly related to farmer services or would be more appropriate 
for administration by the Rural Development Administration established 
in section 364 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 
U.S.C. 2006f), the Secretary may transfer administration of that 
program or activity to the Rural Development Administration. Programs 
and activities transferred under this subsection shall include--
            (1) programs of the Soil Conservation Service involving 
        watershed districts;
            (2) real estate loan authorities under sections 302 through 
        310D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 
        U.S.C. 1922-1934); and
            (3) the activities of the Rural Electrification 
        Administration under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 
        U.S.C. 901 et seq.).

SEC. 202. CONSOLIDATION OF FIELD OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
              AGRICULTURE.

    (a) District Offices.--In lieu of county field offices for the Farm 
Services Administration, the Secretary of Agriculture shall establish 
offices in administrative districts consisting of more than one county 
in a State or parts of different counties, except, at the discretion of 
the Secretary and according to guidelines provided for in subsection 
(c) such offices may encompass only one county under conditions which 
warrant. In establishing such districts, the Secretary shall consider 
the number of farmers to be served by such district in a State, the 
area to be covered by a district, and the cost of operating a district 
compared to the value of the benefits to be provided through the 
district office.
    (b) Offices to Replace Existing County Offices.--As the district 
offices are established under subsection (a), they shall replace the 
county or other local offices of the agencies being consolidated under 
section 201. The replacement of offices shall be completed by the end 
of the five-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
    (c) Personnel Adjustments.--In the event the reorganization of 
offices required under this section result in lower personnel needs, 
the Secretary shall give first priority to achieving those levels 
through attrition rather than other reductions in force.
    (d) Guidelines.--Before establishing district offices under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall publish guidelines of the criteria 
to be used in determining the size of administrative areas to be 
covered by district offices. The criteria shall include the number of 
farms and farmers in each administrative area, the geographic size of 
each administrative area, the amount and kind of crops grown in each 
administrative area, the likely inconvenience to farmers of the size of 
the administrative area, the ability of the proposed office to service 
efficiently the administrative area, the ability of farmers in the 
administrative area to utilize user-friendly application processes for 
the programs administered by the office, and the extent to which the 
Secretary has eased paperwork burdens on farmers to be served by the 
administrative area. The guidelines established shall be subject to 
public comment before final implementation.

SEC. 203. REORGANIZATION OF LOCAL AND COUNTY COMMITTEE SYSTEM.

    (a) District Committees.--In carrying out the duties of the Farm 
Services Administration, the Administrator shall use the services of 
district committees selected pursuant to this subsection. Each district 
established under section 202 shall have one district committee 
consisting of at least three members elected to three-year terms in a 
district-wide election to be held every third year. Only farmers within 
a district who are producers who participate or cooperate in programs 
administered within their district shall be eligible for nomination and 
election to the district committee for that district. Only farmers who 
are participating or cooperating producers within a district shall be 
eligible to vote in the election in that district. Each district 
committee shall meet once each year and shall receive compensation for 
such meeting by the Secretary at not less than the level in effect on 
December 31, 1985. The committee may meet without compensation at such 
additional times during the year as may be necessary.
    (b) Subcommittees.--A district committee may establish 
subcommittees with responsibility to act for the committee with respect 
to particular programs or activities of the Farm Services 
Administration.
    (c) District Committees To Replace Existing Committees.--A district 
committee shall replace any local committee or county committee 
established under section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic 
Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b) for an area served by the district 
committee. The replacement of committees shall be completed by the end 
of the five-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act. The Secretary of Agriculture shall also eliminate during that 
period the use of local administrative areas established under that 
section. Any reference in any law, regulation, or order to a local or 
county committee replaced under this subsection or a local 
administrative area terminated under this subsection shall be 
considered to be a reference to a district committee or district, as 
the case may be.

SEC. 204. APPLICATION OF FARM PROGRAM APPEALS SYSTEM.

    Section 426 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1433e) shall 
apply to any program or activity administered by the Farm Services 
Administration.

                  TITLE III--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SEC. 301. REDUCTIONS IN THE HEADQUARTERS OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
              AGRICULTURE.

    (a) Reductions.--During the five-year period beginning on the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall reduce the 
number of employees in the headquarters office of the Department of 
Agriculture by an amount commensurate with the reductions in the 
workforce of the Department of Agriculture as a result of the 
consolidation of county offices under section 202.
    (b) Use of Attrition.--In making the reductions required by 
subsection (a), the Secretary of Agriculture shall give first priority 
to achieving them through attrition rather than other reductions in 
force.

SEC. 302. PAPERWORK REDUCTION.

    (a) Centralized Information System.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall establish a centralized data system within the Farm Services 
Administration for information regarding services provided to farmers 
and information required of farmers for participation in the programs 
administered by the Farm Services Administration.
    (b) Elimination of Duplication.--As part of the reorganization of 
the Department of Agriculture required by this Act, the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall examine all forms, application, and other information 
requests required to be submitted by farmers in programs and activities 
to be administered by the Farm Services Administration in order to 
eliminate duplication and save time for farmers.
    (c) User-Friendly Application Process.--As part of the 
reorganization of the Department of Agriculture required by this Act, 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a system for allowing 
farmers to enroll in programs administered by the Farm Services 
Administration with one, user-friendly, application process that may be 
completed and filed with the Farm Services Administration 
electronically, by facsimile, by mail, or other means as the Secretary 
determines appropriate to ease the paperwork burden on farmers.

SEC. 303. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that one of the primary goals of future 
farm legislation should be to reduce the complexity of farm programs, 
to simplify the administration of and compliance with their 
requirements, and to ease the paperwork burdens on farmers.

SEC. 304. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS.

    (a) Repeal of Superseded Provisions.--The following provisions of 
law are repealed:
            (1) Sections 520, 523, 525, 526, 528, 529, and 3677 of the 
        Revised Statutes of the United States (7 U.S.C. 2201, 2204, 
        2206, 2207, 2208, 2215).
            (2) The first section and sections 2 and 4 of the Act 
        entitled ``An Act to enlarge the powers and duties of the 
        Department of Agriculture and to create an Executive Department 
        to be known as the Department of Agriculture.'', approved 
        February 9, 1889 (7 U.S.C. 2202, 2212).
            (3) The last undesignated paragraph under the heading 
        ``Division of Seeds'' of the Act entitled ``An Act making 
        appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal 
        year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-
        five.'', approved August 8, 1894 (28 Stat. 272; 7 U.S.C. 2203).
            (4) The last semicolon and all that follows through ``the 
        Commissioner of Agriculture'' in the undesignated paragraph 
        under the paragraph designated as ``Salaries and expenses 
        Bureau of Animal Industry:'' under the heading 
        ``miscellaneous'' of the Act entitled ``An Act making an 
        appropriation for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal 
        year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and 
        for other purposes'', approved March 2, 1889 (25 Stat. 840; 7 
        U.S.C. 2205).
            (5) The last semicolon and all that follows through ``the 
        Commissioner of Agriculture'' in the undesignated paragraph 
        under the paragraph designated as ``Salaries and Expenses, 
        Bureau of Animal Industry:'' under the heading 
        ``miscellaneous'' of the Act entitled ``An Act making 
        appropriation for the Department of Agriculture for fiscal year 
        ending June thirtieth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-
        one'', approved July 14, 1890 (25 Stat. 840; 7 U.S.C. 2205).
            (6) Section 2 under the heading ``contingent expenses'' of 
        the Act entitled ``An Act making an appropriation for the 
        Agricultural Department for the fiscal year ending June 
        thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other 
        purposes.'', approved March 3, 1885 (23 Stat. 356; 7 U.S.C. 
        2209).
            (7) The undesignated paragraph under the heading 
        ``salaries'' under the heading ``OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY'' of 
        the Act entitled ``An Act making appropriations for the 
        Department of Agriculture and for the Farm Credit 
        Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1935, and 
        for other purposes.'', approved March 26, 1934 (48 Stat. 467; 7 
        U.S.C. 2210).
            (8) The joint resolution entitled ``A joint resolution to 
        define the status of the Under Secretary of Agriculture, and 
        for other purposes.'', approved June 5, 1939 (53 Stat. 809; 7 
        U.S.C. 2211).
            (9) Section 501(a) of Public Law 95-501 (7 U.S.C. 2211a).
            (10) The first paragraph designated ``Office of the 
        Secretary:'' under the heading ``DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'' of 
        the Act entitled ``An Act making appropriations for the 
        Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 
        thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven.'', approved June 30, 
        1906 (34 Stat. 670; 7 U.S.C. 2212).
            (11) Section 604(a) of Public Law 92-419 (7 U.S.C. 2212a).
            (12) Section 2 of Public Law 94-561 (7 U.S.C. 2212b).
            (13) Section 8(a) of Public Law 97-325 (7 U.S.C. 2212c).
            (14) Section 301 of the Act entitled ``An Act to adjust the 
        rates of compensation of the heads of the executive departments 
        and of certain other officials of the Federal Government, and 
        for other purposes, approved July 31, 1956 (70 Stat. 742; 7 
        U.S.C. 2214).
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1410A of the National 
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3125a) is amended by striking ``established pursuant to section 
520 of the Revised Statutes (7 U.S.C. 2201)''.
    (c) Compensation of Department Officers.--Section 5314 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Under Secretary of Agriculture for 
        International Affairs and Commodity Programs.'';
            (2) by striking ``Under Secretary of Agriculture for Small 
        Community and Rural Development.''; and
            (3) by inserting after ``Deputy Director of the Office of 
        Personnel Management.'' the following new undesignated 
        paragraphs:
            ``Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Programs.
            ``Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development.
            ``Under Secretary of Agriculture for International 
        Programs.
            ``Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and 
        Environment.
            ``Under Secretary of Agriculture for Consumer and Marketing 
        Services.
            ``Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research.''.

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