7 CFR § 986.35 - Secretary.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s986.35"
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title: "7 CFR § 986.35 - Secretary."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "986.35"
section_name: "Secretary."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "986"
part_name: "PECANS GROWN IN THE STATES OF ALABAMA, ARKANSAS, ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, KANSAS, LOUISIANA, MISSOURI, MISSISSIPPI, NORTH CAROLINA, NEW MEXICO, OKLAHOMA, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND TEXAS"
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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: "81 FR 51302, Aug. 4, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
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# 986.35 Secretary.

*Secretary* means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, or any other officer or employee of the United States Department of Agriculture who is, or who may be, authorized to perform the duties of the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States.