Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§2228 Emergency Subsistence for Employees
Title 7 › CHAPTER 55 — DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › § 2228
Summary
Agriculture may give employees free subsistence during work-related emergencies, not treated as pay, under Secretary's rules.
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Title 7, §2228
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The Department of Agriculture is authorized to furnish subsistence to employees without consideration as, or deduction from, the compensation of such employees where warranted by emergency condition connected with the work under such regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 541d 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. § 2228
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102