---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 1205.21"
title: "7"
number: "1205.21"
heading: "Secretary."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/1205.21"
---

# §1205.21. Secretary.


The term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, or any other officer or employee of the Department to whom authority has been delegated to act in the Secretary's stead.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 62 FR 1660, Jan. 13, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2101-2118; 7 U.S.C 7401.