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TITLE 7 > CHAPTER 55

CHAPTER 55 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

  • Sec. 2201. Establishment of Department
  • Sec. 2202. Executive Department; Secretary
  • Sec. 2203. Seal
  • Sec. 2204. General duties of Secretary; advisory functions; research and development
  • Sec. 2204a. Rural development; utilization of non-Federal offices; location of field units; interchange of personnel and facilities
  • Sec. 2204b. Rural development policy
  • Sec. 2204b-1. Rural development
  • Sec. 2204c. Water management for rural areas
  • Sec. 2204d. Encouragement of private contracting
  • Sec. 2204e. Office of Risk Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Sec. 2204f. Fund for Rural America
  • Sec. 2204g. Authority of Secretary of Agriculture to conduct census of agriculture
  • Sec. 2205. Duties of former Commissioner of Agriculture transferred to Secretary
  • Sec. 2206. Custody of property and records
  • Sec. 2206a. Conveyance of excess Federal personal property
  • Sec. 2207. Reports
  • Sec. 2207a. Reports to Congress on obligation and expenditure
  • Sec. 2208. Expenditure of appropriations; accounting
  • Sec. 2209. Additional statement of expenditures
  • Sec. 2209a. Advances to chiefs of field parties
  • Sec. 2209b. Availability of appropriations
  • Sec. 2209c. Use of funds for one-year contracts to be performed in two fiscal years
  • Sec. 2209d. Statement of percentage and dollar amount of Federal funding
  • Sec. 2209e. Prohibition on payments to parties involved with prohibited drug-producing plants
  • Sec. 2209f. Restriction on commodity purchase program payments
  • Sec. 2210. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture; appointment
  • Sec. 2211. Powers and duties of Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
  • Sec. 2211a. Omitted
  • Sec. 2211b to 2212c. Repealed. Pub. L. 103-354, title II, Sec. 218e2-6, 231f1, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3213, 3219
  • Sec. 2213. Omitted
  • Sec. 2214. General Counsel; appointment
  • Sec. 2215. Chief clerk
  • Sec. 2216. Repealed. Pub. L. 92-310, title II, Sec. 221a, June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 205
  • Sec. 2217. Oaths, affirmations, and affidavits taken by officers, agents, or employees of Department; use and effect
  • Sec. 2218. Fee for administering or taking oaths, affirmations, and affidavits
  • Sec. 2219. Salaries; how paid
  • Sec. 2220. Certain officials and employees of Department and others not subject to restriction on payment of compensation to Government officials and employees
  • Sec. 2221. Details of persons from or to office of Secretary
  • Sec. 2222. Details of law clerks
  • Sec. 2223. Details of employees from and to library and bureaus and offices
  • Sec. 2224. Details of employees from and to Division of Accounts and Disbursements and bureaus and offices; traveling expenses
  • Sec. 2224a. Utilization of employees of agencies for part-time and intermittent assistance to other agencies; exclusion of overtime resulting from natural disasters from staff year ceilings
  • Sec. 2225. Employment of temporary personnel
  • Sec. 2225a. Contracts for consulting services
  • Sec. 2225b. Personal service contracts for veterinarians
  • Sec. 2225c. Employment contracts for services abroad
  • Sec. 2226. Employment of persons for forest fire fighting, pest control, and handling of animals
  • Sec. 2227. Traveling expenses
  • Sec. 2228. Emergency subsistence for employees
  • Sec. 2229. Travel and per diem expenses of temporary or seasonal employees
  • Sec. 2230. Employees in Alaska; subsistence, equipment, and supplies
  • Sec. 2231. Official expenses of employees stationed abroad
  • Sec. 2231a. Reimbursement of employees for costs of State licenses and certification fees
  • Sec. 2231b. First amendment rights of employees of the United States Department of Agriculture
  • Sec. 2232. Stenographic reporting service
  • Sec. 2233. Funds available for expenses of advisory committees
  • Sec. 2234. Purchases for bureaus from appropriations for contingent expenses
  • Sec. 2235. Working capital fund established; use of central services by bureaus, etc., of the Department
  • Sec. 2236. Working capital fund for Agricultural Research Center; establishment
  • Sec. 2237. Use of field work funds for employment of men with equipment, etc.
  • Sec. 2238. Use of field work funds for purchase of arms and ammunition
  • Sec. 2239. Funds for printing, binding, and scientific and technical article reprint purchases
  • Sec. 2240. Reimbursement of appropriation for salaries and compensation of employees in mechanical shops
  • Sec. 2241. Sale or exchange of animals or animal products
  • Sec. 2242. Repealed. Pub. L. 101-624, title XVI, Sec. 1606b1, 2, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3715
  • Sec. 2242a. User fees for reports, publications, and software
  • Sec. 2242b. Translation of publications into foreign languages
  • Sec. 2243. Sale of photographic prints and maps
  • Sec. 2244. Repealed. Pub. L. 101-624, title XVI, Sec. 1606b3, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3715
  • Sec. 2245. Sale of prints and lantern slides
  • Sec. 2246. Loan, rental, or sale of films
  • Sec. 2247. Sale of samples of pure sugars
  • Sec. 2248. Statistics relating to turpentine and rosin
  • Sec. 2249. Amount and character of cooperation
  • Sec. 2250. Construction and repair of buildings and public improvements
  • Sec. 2250a. Erection of buildings and other structures on non-Federal lands; duration of use of such lands; removal of structures after termination of use; availability of funds for expenses of acquiring long-term leases or other agreements
  • Sec. 2251. Reimbursement of Production and Marketing Administration appropriations for expenses of maintaining registers of indebtedness and making set-offs
  • Sec. 2252. Reimbursement of Production and Marketing Administration appropriations for costs of procuring agricultural commodities for nongovernmental agencies or foreign governments
  • Sec. 2253. Adjustment by Secretary of titles to lands acquired by Government and subject to his control
  • Sec. 2254. Operation, maintenance and purchase of aircraft by Agricultural Research Service; construction and repair of buildings
  • Sec. 2255. Membership in International Wheat Advisory Committee, International Sugar Council, etc.
  • Sec. 2255a. Financial assistance to national and international conferences
  • Sec. 2256. Inspections, analyses, and tests for other Government departments and agencies; reimbursement
  • Sec. 2257. Interchangeability of funds for miscellaneous expenses and general expenses
  • Sec. 2258. Purchase of newspapers
  • Sec. 2259. Market-inspection certificates as prima facie evidence
  • Sec. 2260. Inspection or quarantine services involving overtime furnished upon a reimbursable basis
  • Sec. 2260a. Reimbursable agreements
  • Sec. 2261. Credit of donations and proceeds from exhibitions to appropriations concerned with foreign market development programs
  • Sec. 2262. Employee liability insurance on motor vehicles in foreign countries
  • Sec. 2262a. Overseas tort claims
  • Sec. 2263. Transfer of funds
  • Sec. 2264. National Agricultural Library; acceptance of gifts, bequests, or devises; conditional gifts
  • Sec. 2265. Deposit of money accepted for benefit of National Agricultural Library; disbursement
  • Sec. 2266. Congressional reaffirmation of policy to foster and encourage family farms
  • Sec. 2267. Repealed. Pub. L. 100-387, title I, Sec. 101b1, Aug. 11, 1988, 102 Stat. 931
  • Sec. 2268. Public lands; relinquishment
  • Sec. 2269. Gifts of property; acceptance and administration by Secretary of Agriculture; Federal tax law consideration; separate fund in Treasury; regulations
  • Sec. 2270. Authority of Office of Inspector General
  • Sec. 2270a. Office of Inspector General; transfer of forfeiture funds for law enforcement activities
  • Sec. 2271. Marketing education programs for small and medium size family farm operations
  • Sec. 2271a. Advanced marketing training for farmers and ranchers
  • Sec. 2272. Volunteers for Department of Agriculture programs
  • Sec. 2272a. Funds for incidental expenses and promotional items relating to volunteers
  • Sec. 2273. Local search and rescue operations
  • Sec. 2274. Firearm authority of employees engaged in animal quarantine enforcement
  • Sec. 2275. Repealed. Pub. L. 101-624, title XV, Sec. 15723, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3702
  • Sec. 2276. Confidentiality of information
  • Sec. 2277. Contracts by Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service for services to be performed abroad
  • Sec. 2278. Consistency with international obligations of United States
  • Sec. 2279. Outreach and assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers
  • Sec. 2279a. Fair and equitable treatment of socially disadvantaged producers
  • Sec. 2279b. Operation of Graduate School of Department of Agriculture as nonappropriated fund instrumentality
  • Sec. 2279c. Student internship programs
  • Sec. 2279d. Compensatory damages in claims under Rehabilitation Act of 1973
  • Sec. 2279e. Civil penalty
  • Sec. 2279f. Subpoena authority
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