ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF AGRICULTURE.

SEC. 218. ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF AGRICULTURE. (a) Authorization.— The Secretary is authorized to establish in the Department the positions of— (1) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Congressional Relations; (2) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Administration; and (3) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs. (b) Confirmation Required.— If the Secretary establishes any position of Assistant Secretary authorized under subsection (a), the Assistant Secretary shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. (c) Succession.— Any official who is serving as Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Administration or Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Congressional Relations on the date of the enactment of this Act and who was appointed as such Assistant Secretary by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall not be required to be reappointed under subsection (b) to the successor position authorized under subsection (a) if the Secretary establishes the position, and the official occupies the new position, within 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act (or such later date set by the Secretary if litigation delays rapid succession). (d) Executive Schedule.— Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking “Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture (7).” and inserting “Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture (3).”. 108 STAT. 3213 (e) Repeal of Superseded Provisions Regarding Assistant Secretaries.— The following provisions of law are repealed: (1) Section 2 of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1953 (5 U.S.C. App; 7 U.S.C. 2201 note). (2) Section 2 of the Act entitled “An Act to enlarge the powers and duties of the Department of Agriculture and to create an Executive Department to be known as the Department of Agriculture.”, approved February 9, 1839 (7 US.C. 2212). (3) The first paragraph designated “Office of the Secretary:” under the heading “DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE” of the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven.”, approved June 30, 1906 (34 Stat 670; 7 U.S.C. 2212). (4) Section 604(a) of the Rural Development Act of 1972 (7 U.S.C. 2212a). (5) Section 2 of Public Law 94–561 (7 U.S.C. 2212b). (6) Section 8(a) of Public Law 97–325 (7 U.S.C. 2212c). (7) Section 1413(d) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3128(d)).