7 CFR § 1217.7 - Department or USDA.

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title: "7 CFR § 1217.7 - Department or USDA."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "1217.7"
section_name: "Department or USDA."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "1217"
part_name: "SOFTWOOD LUMBER RESEARCH, PROMOTION, CONSUMER EDUCATION AND INDUSTRY INFORMATION ORDER"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 7411-7425; 7 U.S.C. 7401."
regulatory_source: "76 FR 22755, Apr. 22, 2011, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1217.7 Department or USDA.

*Department or USDA* means the U.S. Department of Agriculture, or any officer or employee of the Department to whom authority has heretofore been delegated, or to whom authority may hereafter be delegated, to act in the Secretary's stead.