CFR > Title 7 - Agriculture > SUBTITLE A—Office of the Secretary of Agriculture > PART 2—DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT > SUBPART F—Delegations of Authority by the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services (§2.40 to §2.44) > 2.40—Deputy Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services.

2.40—Deputy Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services.

Pursuant to § 2.16(a), subject to reservations in § 2.16(b), and subject to policy guidance and direction by the Under Secretary, the following delegation of authority is made to the Deputy Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, to be exercised only during the absence or unavailability of the Under Secretary: Perform all the duties and exercise all the powers which are now or which may hereafter be delegated to the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services: Provided, that this authority shall be exercised by the respective Deputy Under Secretary in the order in which he or she has taken office as a Deputy Under Secretary.