Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102

§2207a Reports to Congress on Obligation and Expenditure

Title 7 › CHAPTER 55 — DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › § 2207a

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture must send Congress a report within 20 days after each fiscal year ends. The report must list every advisory and assistance services contract from that year, the dollar amount and purpose of each, and why the contract was awarded instead of federal employees doing the work.

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Title 7, §2207a

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(a)Not later than 20 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a report on the amounts obligated and expended by the Department during that fiscal year for the procurement of advisory and assistance services.
(b)Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall include a list with the following information:
(1)All contracts awarded for the procurement of advisory and assistance services during the fiscal year and the amount of each contract.
(2)The purpose of each contract.
(3)The justification for the award of each contract and the reason the work cannot be performed by civil servants.

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1996—Pub. L. 104–316, in subsec. (a), struck out par. (1) designation before “Not later than”, struck out subpar. (A) designation before “submit to Congress”, struck out “, and (B) transmit a copy of such report to the Comptroller General of the United States” after “and assistance services”, redesignated par. (2) as subsec. (b) and in introductory provisions substituted “subsection (a) of this section shall” for “paragraph (1) shall”, redesignated subpars. (A) to (C) as pars. (1) to (3), respectively, and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: “The Comptroller General of the United States shall review the reports submitted under subsection (a) of this section and transmit to Congress any comments and recommendations the Comptroller General considers appropriate regarding the matter contained in such reports.”

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 2207a

Title 7, Agriculture

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102