# Delegations of Authority and Organization; Office of the Commissioner
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Final rule. · Published 1997-06-19 · Effective 1997-06-19 · 62 FR 33349
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-16065
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 33349
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 5
- **Publication date:** 1997-06-19
- **Effective date:** 1997-06-19
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the regulations for delegations of authority by adding a new authority from the Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH), Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS), Office of the Secretary (OS), to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (the Commissioner), delegating all the authorities vested in the Secretary under section 601 of Effective Medication Guides of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 1997, as amended hereafter. The delegation excludes the authority to issue reports to Congress.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/06/19/97-16065/delegations-of-authority-and-organization-office-of-the-commissioner)
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