---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 601.2"
title: "7"
number: "601.2"
heading: "Functions reserved to the Secretary of Agriculture."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/601.2"
---

# §601.2. Functions reserved to the Secretary of Agriculture.

- (a) **Designation of new Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) areas.** Once designated, these areas may receive RC&D Program assistance from NRCS.
- (b) Administration of the Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act of 1977 (Public Law 95-192) to conduct an appraisal and develop a national conservation program every five years.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1010-1011; 16 U.S.C. 590a-590f, 1001-1008, 2001-2009, 2203-2205, 3801 et seq.; 33 U.S.C. 701b-1.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 14783, Mar. 20, 2000, unless otherwise noted.