7 U.S.C. § 6901
Section 6901 · Purpose
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case 896 F. Supp. 42 - Gleichman v. US Dept. of Agriculture (1995)
Most recently applied in Huff v. Vilsack (July 2016)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide the Secretary of Agriculture with the necessary authority to streamline and reorganize the Department of Agriculture to achieve greater efficiency, effectiveness, and economies in the organization and management of the programs and activities carried out by the Department.
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References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title II of Pub. L. 103–354, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3209, known as the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994. For complete classification of title II to the Code, see Short Title note below and Tables.
Short Title
Section 1(a) of Pub. L. 103–354 provided that: “This Act [see Tables for classification] may be cited as the ‘Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994’.”
Section 201(a) of title II of Pub. L. 103–354 provided that: “This title [see Tables for classification] may be cited as the ‘Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994’.”