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Department of Agriculture Organic Act (7 USC Ch. 55)

País/Territorio
Estados Unidos de América
Tipo de documento
Legislación
Fecha
2020
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Materia
Agricultura y desarrollo rural, Ganado, Energía, Medio ambiente gen., Alimentación y nutrición, Pesca, Bosques, Tierra y suelos, Cultivos, Agua, Desechos y sustancias peligrosas
Palabra clave
Institución Gobernanza Cuestiones de procedimiento Desarrollo agrícola Empleo rural Áreas deprimidas Irrigación Pequeños agricultores/campesinos Agricultura familiar Explotación agrícola Investigación Manejo integrado de plagas/estrategias de manejo de plagas Fondo especial Productos agrícolas Entidad no gubernamental Medidas financieras agrícolas Educación Normas Protección social Equidad Conservación de energía/producción de energía Comercio internacional Peligros Acuicultura Nutrición Azúcar Cereales/granos/arroz Incendios forestales Tenencia de tierras Terrenos agrícolas Propiedad Recopilación de datos/informes Levantamiento topográfico/cartografía Manejo de tierras Terrenos públicos Sucesión Terrenos privados Transferencia Plagas/enfermedades Protección de los animales Producción animal Comercio interior Cuarentena Inspección Sanidad animal Materiales de propagación/semillas Producción vegetal Infracciones/sanciones Tabaco Gestión de desechos Residuos sólidos Abastecimiento de agua Alcantarillado Manejo de recursos hídricos
Área geográphica
Americas, Ártico, Pacífico Oriental, América del Norte, Atlántico Norte
Resumen

This chapter provides for the Department of Agriculture. It states that, subject to the exceptions specified in subsection (b) of this section, there are hereby transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture all functions not now vested in him of all other officers, and of all agencies and employees, of the Department of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture may from time to time make such provisions as he shall deem appropriate authorizing the performance by any other officer, or by any agency or employee, of the Department of Agriculture of any function of the Secretary, including any function transferred to the Secretary by the provisions of this reorganization plan. To the extent that the carrying out of subsection (a) of this section involves the assignment of major functions or major groups of functions to major constituent organizational units of the Department of Agriculture, now or hereafter existing, or to the heads or other officers thereof, and to the extent deemed practicable by the Secretary, he shall give appropriate advance public notice of delegations of functions proposed to be made by him and shall afford appropriate opportunity for interested persons and groups to place before the Department of Agriculture their views with respect to such proposed delegations. In carrying out subsection (a) of this section the Secretary shall seek to simplify and make efficient the operation of the Department of Agriculture, to place the administration of farm programs close to the State and local levels, and to adapt the administration of the programs of the Department to regional, State, and local conditions. The Department of Agriculture shall be an executive department, under the supervision and control of a Secretary of Agriculture, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The provisions of title 4 of the Revised Statutes, including all amendments thereto, shall be applicable to said department; and all laws and parts of laws relating to the Department of Agriculture in existence February 9, 1889, as far as the same are applicable and not in conflict with this section, and only so far, are continued in full force and effect. The Secretary of Agriculture shall procure and preserve all information concerning agriculture, rural development, aquaculture, and human nutrition which he can obtain by means of books and correspondence, and by practical and scientific experiments, accurate records of which experiments shall be kept in his office, by the collection of statistics, and by any other appropriate means within his power; he shall collect new and valuable seeds and plants; shall test, by cultivation, the value of such of them as may require such tests; shall propagate such as may be worthy of propagation; and shall distribute them among agriculturists; and he shall advise the President, other members of his 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 Nation. The Secretary is authorized to 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.

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uscode.house.gov