---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 7005"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "7005"
heading: "Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/7005"
units:
  - "Chapter 98 — Department of Agriculture Reorganization"
  - "Subchapter VIII–A — Marketing and Regulatory Programs"
---

# §7005. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

- (a) **Authorization—** The [Secretary](/usc/7/6902.md?p=3) is authorized to establish in the [Department](/usc/7/6902.md?p=1) the position of Under [Secretary](/usc/7/6902.md?p=3) of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs.
- (b) **Confirmation required—** If the [Secretary](/usc/7/6902.md?p=3) establishes the position of Under [Secretary](/usc/7/6902.md?p=3) of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs authorized under [subsection (a)](#a), the Under [Secretary](/usc/7/6902.md?p=3) shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
- (c) **Functions of Under Secretary—**
  - (1) **Principal functions—** Upon establishment, the [Secretary](/usc/7/6902.md?p=3) shall delegate to the Under [Secretary](/usc/7/6902.md?p=3) of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs those [functions](/usc/7/6902.md?p=4) and duties under the jurisdiction of the [Department](/usc/7/6902.md?p=1) that are related to agricultural marketing, animal and plant health inspection, grain inspection, and [packers](/usc/7/198.md?p=2) and stockyards.
  - (2) **Additional functions—** The Under [Secretary](/usc/7/6902.md?p=3) of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs shall perform such other [functions](/usc/7/6902.md?p=4) and duties as may be required by law or prescribed by the [Secretary](/usc/7/6902.md?p=3).
- (d) **Succession—** Any official who is serving as Assistant [Secretary](/usc/7/6902.md?p=3) of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs on October 21, 1998, and who was appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall not be required to be reappointed under [subsection (b)](#b) to the successor position authorized under [subsection (a)](#a) if the [Secretary](/usc/7/6902.md?p=3) establishes the position, and the official occupies the new position, within 180 days after October 21, 1998 (or such later date set by the [Secretary](/usc/7/6902.md?p=3) if litigation delays rapid succession).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 285, as added Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(a) [title X, § 1001(3)], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681, 2681–41.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is comprised of section 285 of Pub. L. 103–354, as added by Pub. L. 105–277. Subsec. (e) of section 285 of Pub. L. 103–354 amended section 5314 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.