Title 7AgricultureRelease 119-73

§2264 National Agricultural Library; acceptance of gifts, bequests, or devises; conditional gifts

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 55— - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › § 2264

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture may accept and manage gifts or property for the National Agricultural Library or its work, but gifts that force spending beyond the gift or its income need Congressional approval.

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Title 7, §2264

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The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to accept, receive, hold, and administer on behalf of the United States gifts, bequests, or devises of real and personal property made unconditionally for the benefit of the National Agricultural Library or for the carrying out of any of its functions. Conditional gifts may be accepted and used in accordance with their provisions provided that no gift may be accepted which is conditioned on any expenditure not to be met therefrom or from the income thereof unless such expenditure has been approved by Act of Congress.

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7 U.S.C. § 2264

Title 7Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73