Revision of Delegations of Authority

USDA amends the delegations of authority from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR), and from the ASCR to the Office of Civil Rights (CR), to no longer require prior approval by the Office of the General Counsel (OGC) of all final decisions related to complaints of discrimination in employment, federally assisted programs, and federally conducted programs, but rather to leave to the discretion of the ASCR and CR a judgment as to which such decisions should be reviewed by OGC prior to issuance. This document also reflects the transfer of authorities for the Office of Outreach and the Conflict Prevention and Resolution Center from the Assistant Secretary for Administration (ASA) to the ASCR, transfer of authority related to historic preservation from the ASA to the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, transfer of authority related to relationships with Native Americans from the ASA to the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations, delegations of authority to the Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service with respect to coordinating Department activities involving satellite imagery data, and revision of the order of succession in the event of the incapacity of the Secretary or Deputy Secretary.