Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73
§2257 Interchangeability of funds for miscellaneous expenses and general expenses
Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 55— - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › § 2257
Summary
Allow up to 7% of the yearly money given for a bureau, division, or office’s miscellaneous costs in the Department of Agriculture to be moved and used for that unit’s general operating expenses. No single budget item can get more than a 7% increase from these transfers, unless there is an extraordinary emergency.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §2257
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Not to exceed 7 per centum of the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year for the miscellaneous expenses of the work of any bureau, division, or office of the Department of Agriculture shall be available interchangeably for expenditures on the objects included within the general expenses of such bureau, division, or office, but no more than 7 per centum shall be added to any one item of appropriation except in cases of extraordinary emergency.
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Editorial Notes
Codification This section was enacted as part of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944. Section was formerly classified to section 572 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. § 2257
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73