---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 1206.5"
title: "7"
number: "1206.5"
heading: "Department."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/1206.5"
---

# §1206.5. Department.


Department means the U.S. Department of Agriculture or any officer or employee of the Department to whom authority has heretofore been delegated, or to whom authority may hereafter be delegated, to act in the Secretary's stead.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 69 FR 59122, Oct. 4, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7411-7425 and 7 U.S.C. 7401.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 58554, Oct. 9, 2003, unless otherwise noted.