7 CFR § 956.1 - Secretary.

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title: "7 CFR § 956.1 - Secretary."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "956.1"
section_name: "Secretary."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "956"
part_name: "SWEET ONIONS GROWN IN THE WALLA WALLA VALLEY OF SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST OREGON"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 601-674."
regulatory_source: "60 FR 27626, May 24, 1995, unless otherwise noted."
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# 956.1 Secretary.

*Secretary* means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States or any officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture who has been delegated, or to whom authority may hereafter be delegated, the authority to act for the Secretary.