Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73
§2226 Employment of persons for forest fire fighting, pest control, and handling of animals
Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 55— - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › § 2226
Summary
Allows the Department to hire or contract people and pay them at regular rates for hours needed to fight emergency forest fires, control pests, and handle animals (including dairy cattle). This can be done on Sundays, Federal holidays, and outside the regular workweek, beginning August 31, 1951.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §2226
Agriculture — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Department is authorized on and after August 31, 1951, to employ or otherwise contract with persons at regular rates of pay for necessary hours of work for emergency forest fire fighting and pest control and for handling of animals, including dairy cattle, without regard to Sundays, Federal holidays, and the regular workweek.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 574a of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, § 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 2226
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73