Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73
§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
Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 55— - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › § 2224a
Summary
From October 28, 1991, regardless of other laws, USDA employees, including Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation county committee staff, may help other USDA agencies part‑time without reimbursement when they are not fully used. Limits on full‑time equivalent staff years do not count overtime or time spent on natural disaster programs such as forest fires, droughts, floods, and other acts of God.
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Title 7, §2224a
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On and after October 28, 1991, notwithstanding any other provision of law, employees of the agencies of the Department of Agriculture, including employees of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation county committees, may be utilized to provide part-time and intermittent assistance to other agencies of the Department, without reimbursement, during periods when they are not otherwise fully utilized, and ceilings on full-time equivalent staff years established for or by the Department of Agriculture shall exclude overtime as well as staff years expended as a result of carrying out programs associated with natural disasters, such as forest fires, droughts, floods, and other acts of God.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 2224a
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73