7 CFR § 983.81 - Right of the Secretary.

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title: "7 CFR § 983.81 - Right of the Secretary."
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title_name: "Agriculture"
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section_name: "Right of the Secretary."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "983"
part_name: "PISTACHIOS GROWN IN CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, AND NEW MEXICO"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 601-674."
regulatory_source: "69 FR 17850, Apr. 4, 2004, unless otherwise noted."
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# 983.81 Right of the Secretary.

The members of the committee (including successors or alternates) and any agent or employee appointed or employed by the committee, shall be subject to removal or suspension at the discretion of the Secretary, at any time. Each and every decision, determination, or other act of the committee shall be subject to the continuing right of the Secretary to disapprove of the same at any time, and upon such disapproval, shall be deemed null and void.

[69 FR 17850, Apr. 4, 2004. Redesignated at 74 FR 56540, Nov. 2, 2009]