Title 7AgricultureRelease 119-73

§1389 Personnel

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 35— - AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 1938 › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - LOANS, PARITY PAYMENTS, CONSUMER SAFEGUARDS, MARKETING QUOTAS, AND MARKETING CERTIFICATES › Part Part F— - Miscellaneous Provisions and Appropriations › Subpart subpart i— - miscellaneous › § 1389

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must let the Agricultural Adjustment Administration carry out any powers given to the Secretary in this chapter that he thinks the Administration can properly use. When the Administration does this, the usual laws about hiring and paying Agricultural Adjustment Administration employees apply.

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Title 7, §1389

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The Secretary is authorized and directed to provide for the execution by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration of such of the powers conferred upon him by this chapter as he deems may be appropriately exercised by such Administration; and for such purposes the provisions of law applicable to appointment and compensation of persons employed by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration shall apply.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Agriculture by 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 2, § 1, eff.
June 4, 1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title. Functions of Agricultural Adjustment Administration transferred to Secretary of Agriculture by 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 501, eff.
July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7877, 60 Stat. 1100, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See note set out under section 610 of this title. Agricultural Adjustment Administration consolidated with other agencies into Agricultural Conservation and Adjustment Administration for duration of war, see Ex. Ord. No. 9069.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 1389

Title 7Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73