Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102

§2226 Employment of Persons for Forest Fire Fighting, Pest Control, and Handling of Animals

Title 7 › CHAPTER 55 — DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › § 2226

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

From Aug. 31, 1951, Department may employ/contract at regular pay for emergency forest-firefighting, pest-control, and animal-handling (including dairy cattle), without regard to Sundays, Federal holidays, or the regular workweek.

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Title 7, §2226

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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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7 U.S.C. § 2226

Title 7, Agriculture

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102