7 CFR § 1221.27 - Secretary.

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title: "7 CFR § 1221.27 - Secretary."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "1221.27"
section_name: "Secretary."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "1221"
part_name: "SORGHUM PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND INFORMATION ORDER"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 7411-7425 and 7 U.S.C. 7401."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 25407, May 6, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1221.27 Secretary.

*Secretary* means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, 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.