Notice: The uscode.house.gov website is currently operating in a temporary format. While the United States Code remains available from its authoritative source, some website features and functionality are temporarily unavailable.
The United States Code Online is current through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
Search & Browse Currency and Updating Classification Tables Popular Name Tool Positive Law Codification Editorial Reclassification Downloads
7 U.S.C. 6902: DefinitionsText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 7-AGRICULTURECHAPTER 98-DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REORGANIZATION
Jump To: Source CreditEditorial NotesReferences in Text

§6902. Definitions

Except where the context requires otherwise, for purposes of this chapter:

(1)  Department

The term “Department” means the Department of Agriculture.

(2)  National Appeals Division

The term “National Appeals Division” means the National Appeals Division of the Department established under section 6992 of this title.

(3)  Secretary

The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.

(4)  Function

The term “function” means an administrative, financial, or regulatory activity of an agency, office, officer, or employee of the Department.

( Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 203 , Oct. 13, 1994 , 108 Stat. 3209 .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title II of Pub. L. 103–354, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3209, known as the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994. For complete classification of title II to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 6901 of this title and Tables.