---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 18.1"
title: "7"
number: "18.1"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/18.1"
---

# §18.1. Definitions.


For the purpose of this part:

- (a) Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States or his designee.
- (b) Cooperative Extension Service means the Cooperative Extension Service of each Land-Grant University.
- (c) President means the President or chief executive of each Land-Grant University or his designee.
- (d) **Discrimination—** includes discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, or religion.
- (e) **Employment—** includes hiring, assignment, transfer, promotion, compensation, discipline, and discharge and all other conditions, terms and privileges of employment.
- (f) Program means a comprehensive Equal Employment Opportunity plan submitted by a President in satisfaction of the requirements of [§ 18.3](/cfr/7/18.3.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, and secs. 1-10, 38 Stat. 372, as amended; 7 U.S.C. 341-349.

### Source

Source: 33 FR 12173, Aug. 29, 1968, unless otherwise noted.