7 U.S.C. § 6912: Authority of Secretary to delegate transferred functions

Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary may delegate to any agency, office, officer, or employee of the Department the authority to perform any function transferred to the Secretary under section 6911(a) 1 of this title or any other function vested in the Secretary as of 1 See References in Text note below. October 13, 1994 . The authority provided in the preceding sentence includes the authority to establish, consolidate, alter, or discontinue any agency, office, or other administrative unit of the Department. sections 6942, 6971(f), 6993, and 2204e of this title and subsections (a) and (b)(1) of section 6981 of this title ; sections 5692 and 5693 of this title; and section 590h(b)(5) of title 16 . Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall conduct a cost-benefit analysis before changing the name of any agency, office, division, or other unit of the Department to ensure that the benefits to be derived from changing the name of the agency, office, division, or other unit outweigh the expense of executing the name change. Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to any name change required or authorized by this chapter. give appropriate advance public notice of the proposed reorganization action or delegation; and afford appropriate opportunity for interested parties to comment on the proposed reorganization action or delegation. any of the records, property, or personnel affected by the transfer or delegation of the function; and unexpended balances (available or to be made available for use in connection with the transferred or delegated function) of appropriations, allocations, or other funds of the Department. Section 1531 of title 31 shall apply to any transfer of funds under paragraph (1). the Secretary; the Department; or an agency, office, officer, or employee of the Department.