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Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73

§2219a Overtime and holiday pay

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 55— - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › § 2219a

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture can pay Department of Agriculture workers who work at plants covered by the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) or the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) for overtime and holiday work. The Secretary sets the pay rates, but those rates must follow laws about minimum wages and maximum hours. The Secretary may also take reimbursement from the plant for any overtime and holiday pay made. Money repaid to the Secretary under this rule can be spent to carry out these payments without needing another appropriation and is not limited by fiscal year.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §2219a

Agriculture — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary of Agriculture may—
(1)pay employees of the Department of Agriculture employed in an establishment subject to the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) or the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) for all overtime and holiday work performed at the establishment at rates determined by the Secretary, subject to applicable law relating to minimum wages and maximum hours; and
(2)accept from the establishment reimbursement for any sums paid by the Secretary for the overtime and holiday work, at rates determined under paragraph (1).
(b)Sums received by the Secretary under this section shall remain available until expended without further appropriation and without fiscal year limitation, to carry out subsection (a).

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Federal Meat Inspection Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is titles I to V of act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, as added Pub. L. 90–201, Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 584, and Pub. L. 110–246, title XI, § 11015(a), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 2124, which are classified generally to subchapters I to IV–A (§ 601 et seq.) of chapter 12 of Title 21, Food and Drugs. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 601 of Title 21 and Tables. The Poultry Products Inspection Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is Pub. L. 85–172, Aug. 28, 1957, 71 Stat. 441, which is classified generally to chapter 10 (§ 451 et seq.) of Title 21, Food and Drugs. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 451 of Title 21 and Tables.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 2219a

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73