Functions of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 55 - Department of Agriculture
Sec. 2201. Establishment of Department
Sec. 2202. Executive Department, Secretary of Agriculture supervision and control
Sec. 2204. General duties of Secretary; advisory functions; research and development
Advisory Committee on Statistics
United States Department of Agriculture - Department Regulation
Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics - DR1042-130
Conduct the Census of Agriculture
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 55 - Department of Agriculture
Sec. 2204g. Authority of Secretary of Agriculture to conduct Census of Agriculture
Confidentiality of Information and Data Security
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 55 - Department of Agriculture
Sec. 2276. Confidentiality of information
United States Department of Agriculture - Department Regulation
Agricultural Statistics Board - DR1042-042
Federal Register Notice: June 27, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 124)
Order Providing for the Confidentiality of Statistical Information
Collection of Agricultural Production and Price Data
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 17 - Miscellaneous Matters
Sec. 411b. Estimates of apple production
Chapter 19 - Cotton Statistics and Estimates
Sec. 473. Persons required to furnish information; request; failure to furnish; false information
Sec. 476. Cotton Acreage reports -- issued a report on or before the 12th
Chapter 32 - Peanut Statistics
Sec. 951. Collection and publication; facts required; submission of report
Chapter 35A - Price Support of Agricultural Commodities
Subchapter I - General Provisions
Sec. 1421d. Commodity reports
Chapter 38 - Distribution and Marketing of Agricultural Products
Sec. 1626. Definitions
Subchapter III - Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting
Sec. 1637b. Mandatory Reporting for Dairy Products
Title 13 - CENSUS
Chapter 3 - Collection and Publication of Statistics - Subchapter I - Cotton
Sec. 41. Collection and publication
Sec. 42. Contents of reports; number of bales of linter; distribution; publication by Department of Agriculture
Collection of Environmental and Water Quality Data
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 6 - Insecticides and Environmental Pesticide Control
Sec. 136i-2. Collection of pesticide use information
Research and International Programs
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 64 - Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching
Subchapter I - Findings, Purposes, and Definitions
Sec. 3291. International agricultural research, extension, and teaching
Cooperative Agreements
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 64 - Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching
Subchapter X - Funding and Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 3318. Contract, grant, and cooperative agreement authorities
Publication of Reports and Fees
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 55 - Department of Agriculture
Sec. 2242a. User fees for reports, publications, and software
Title 44 - PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
Chapter 13 - Particular Reports and Documents
Sec. 1302. Agriculture, Department of: monthly crop report and other publications
Penalties for Disclosure and False Reports
Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 93 - Public Officers and Employees
Sec. 1905. Disclosure of confidential information generally
Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552, provides that any person has the right to request access to Federal documents and other information. Agencies of the Federal Government are required to disclose documents after receiving a FOIA request for them, unless those documents are protected from disclosure by one of nine exemptions of the FOIA. The Privacy Act (PA), 5 U.S.C. 552a, protects individuals against clearly unwarranted invasion of their personal privacy. The PA informs individuals as to what information is maintained on them and where the information is stored. The PA allows individuals to access documents maintained in a PA System of Records (records retrievable by an individual's name or other personal identifier assigned to that individual) and to request amendments to the records.
If you are interested in obtaining documents maintained by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), you will find information on accessing both FOIA and non-FOIA records on the REE Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act Guide website. This website is a reference guide that outlines specific procedures for making FOIA and/or PA requests to the Research, Education, and Economic agencies, which includes NASS.
If you have any questions, please contact the REE FOIA Office at REEFOIA@ars.usda.gov.
National Agricultural Statistics Service Data and Freedom of Information Act Requests - addresses concerns raised about disclosures of producer-level information collected by NASS on its surveys and censuses.
Guidance Documents
NASS currently does not maintain any guidance documents identified as significant under Executive Order 12866 on Regulatory Planning and Review.
Public comments to request such a document may be addressed to: Associate Administrator at
HQ AA@nass.usda.gov.
Last modified: 6/19/12
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