Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73

§1625 Transfer and consolidation of functions, powers, bureaus, etc.

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 38— - DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 1625

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture may combine and reorganize any offices in the Department that do research, provide services, or enforce rules about marketing, transport, storage, processing, distribution, or use of agricultural products. This can be done even if other laws say otherwise. When that happens, records, property, staff, and funds can be moved to the new agency. Any unspent money that is transferred must still be used only for the purpose it was originally approved for.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §1625

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In order to facilitate administration and to increase the effectiveness of the marketing research, service, and regulatory work of the Department of Agriculture to the fullest extent practicable, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, to transfer, group, coordinate, and consolidate the functions, powers, duties, and authorities of each and every agency, division, bureau, service, section, or other administrative unit in the Department of Agriculture primarily concerned with research, service, or regulatory activities in connection with the marketing, transportation, storage, processing, distribution of, or service or regulatory activities in connection with, the utilization of, agricultural products, into a single administrative agency. In making such changes as may be necessary to carry out effectively the purposes of this chapter, the records, property, personnel, and funds of such agencies, divisions, bureaus, services, sections, or other administrative units in the Department of Agriculture affected are authorized to be transferred to and used by such administrative agency to which the transfer may be made, but such unexpended balances of appropriations so transferred shall be used only for the purposes for which such appropriations were made.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 1625

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73