---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 7652"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "7652"
heading: "Role of Secretary regarding food and agricultural sciences research and extension"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/7652"
units:
  - "Chapter 103 — Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform"
  - "Subchapter III — Miscellaneous Provisions"
  - "Part B — General"
---

# §7652. Role of Secretary regarding food and agricultural sciences research and extension


The [Secretary](/usc/7/7601.md?p=7) of Agriculture shall be the principal official in the executive branch responsible for coordinating all Federal research and extension activities related to food and agricultural sciences.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–185, title VI, § 613, June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 605.)