Attachment A - 7CFR 3700

Attachment A
Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter XXXVII, Part 3700.1

PART 3700—ORGANIZATION AND
FUNCTIONS
Sec.
3700.1 General.
3700.2 Organization.
3700.3 Functions.
3700.4 Authority to act for the Administrator.
AUTHORITY: 5 U.S.C. 301 and 552, and 7 CFR
2.67.
SOURCE: 61 FR 1827, Jan. 24, 1996, unless
otherwise noted.

§ 3700.1 General.
The Economic Research Service
(ERS), originally established in 1961
under the authority of the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–
1627), was reestablished as an agency of
the U.S. Department of Agriculture of
September 30, 1981 (46 FR 47747), in response to Secretary’s Memorandum
1000–1 of June 17, 1981, entitled ‘‘Reorganization of Department.’’ The mission of ERS is to provide economic and
other social science information and
analysis for pubic and private decisions
on agriculture, food, natural resources,
and rural America. Its primary customers are USDA policy officials and
program administrators, the Office of
the While House, Congress, and environmental, consumer, and rural public
interest groups, including farm groups
and industry.

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§ 3700.2 Organization.
ERS maintains its offices at 1301 New
York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20005–4788. The organization consists of:
(a) The Administrator;
(b) Associate Administrator;
(c) Five Divisions; Commercial Agriculture Division, Food and Consumer
Economics Division, Information Services Division, Natural Resources and
Environment Division, and Rural Economy Division; and
(d) Office of Energy and New Uses.
§ 3700.3 Functions.
(a) Administrator and Associate Administrator. The Administrator and Associate Administrator are responsible for
developing and implementing policies
and plans in support of a program of
economic and social science research,
analysis, and data dissemination. Gen-

eral functions are: Conducting research
and staff analysis, and developing short
to long-term outlook analysis and economic indicators.
(b) Director, Commercial Agriculture Division. The Director, Commercial Agriculture Division, is responsible for conducting a program of economic research; economic intelligence gathering, analysis, and reporting; and data
development and dissemination on economic conditions, U.S. and foreign
policies, and agriculture production,
trade, and marketing. General functions are:
(1) Developing and monitoring current intelligence and indicators on domestic and international agricultural
markets and related farm and trade developments and short to long-term
forecasts of domestic and world agricultural markets.
(2) Assessing the technological, economic, and institutional forces influencing U.S. and world agricultural
markets.
(3) Conducting special analyses of
U.S. and world agricultural markets
for policy officials to assist in policy
development and the operation of
USDA programs.
(4) Collecting necessary information
and performing international, national,
and regional macroeconomics analysis
to estimate the effects of macro economic trends and events in the global
economy on the American farm sector.
(c) Director, Food and Consumer Economic Division. The Director, Food and
Consumer Economic Division, is responsible for providing economic research, monitoring and statistical indicators, and staff and the policy analysis of consumer and food marketing
issues, including: Consumption determinants and trends; consumer demand
for food quality, safety, and nutrition;
food security; market competition;
vertical coordination; nutrition education and food assistance programs;
and food safety regulation. General
functions are:
(1) Analyzing consumer behavior and
food choices, including research regarding the socio-demographic and economic determinants of food and nutrient consumption; consumer valuation

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