Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73
§1606 Authorization of expenditures
Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 37— - SEEDS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 1606
Summary
The Secretary of Agriculture can spend money, when Congress provides it, on things needed to run seed-related work, such as rent outside Washington, D.C., printing, phones, books, furniture, office and lab equipment, travel, supplies, and reporting services. The Secretary can also fund research to develop ways to process, bulk-handle, blend, sample, test, and market seeds, and cover other necessary costs in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere.
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Title 7, §1606
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The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make such expenditures for rent, outside of the District of Columbia, printing, binding, telegrams, telephones, books of reference, publications, furniture, stationery, office and laboratory equipment, travel, and other supplies, including reporting services, such research necessary to develop methods of processing, bulking, blending, sampling, testing, and merchandising seeds necessary to the administration of this chapter and other necessary expenses in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and as may be appropriated for by the Congress.
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7 U.S.C. § 1606
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73