### Question
What does Secretary mean?


### Answer
**Secretary** has the following meaning in *16 U.S.C. § 3838*:

> the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service

#### Citation:
  - *16 U.S.C. § 3838*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 58-ERODIBLE LAND AND WETLAND CONSERVATION AND RESERVE PROGRAM > SUBCHAPTER IV-AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION PROGRAM > Part II-Conservation Security and Farmland Protection > subpart a-conservation security program**

