7 U.S.C. § 450d : US Code - Section 450D: Delegation of regulatory functions to designated employees; status of employees; number; revocation of delegation

Search 7 U.S.C. § 450d : US Code - Section 450D: Delegation of regulatory functions to designated employees; status of employees; number; revocation of delegation

Whenever the Secretary of Agriculture deems that the delegation
of the whole or any part of any regulatory function which the
Secretary is, now or after April 4, 1940, required or authorized to
perform will result in the more expeditious discharge of the duties
of the Department of Agriculture, he is authorized to make such
delegation to any officer or employee designated under this
section. The Secretary is authorized to designate officers or
employees of the Department to whom functions may be delegated
under this section and to assign appropriate titles to such
officers or employees. There shall not be in the Department at any
one time more than two officers or employees designated under this
section and vested with a regulatory function or part thereof
delegated under this section. The Secretary may at any time revoke
the whole or any part of a delegation or designation made by him
under this section.