Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102

§1606 Authorization of Expenditures

Title 7 › CHAPTER 37 — SEEDS › SUBCHAPTER IV — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 1606

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture may spend money, as Congress provides. Funds may pay for rent outside the District of Columbia, printing, communications, books, furniture, office and lab equipment, travel, supplies (including reporting services), research on seed processing and testing, and other necessary expenses to carry out this chapter.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §1606

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The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make such expenditures for rent, outside of the District of Columbia, printing, binding, telegrams, telephones, books of reference, publications, furniture, stationery, office and laboratory equipment, travel, and other supplies, including reporting services, such research necessary to develop methods of processing, bulking, blending, sampling, testing, and merchandising seeds necessary to the administration of this chapter and other necessary expenses in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and as may be appropriated for by the Congress.

Legislative History

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Effective Date

See section 1610 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 1606

Title 7, Agriculture

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102