Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60

§2228 Emergency Subsistence for Employees

Title 7 › Chapter 55— DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › § 2228

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows the Department of Agriculture to give employees free emergency meals without cutting their pay, under rules the Secretary of Agriculture sets.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §2228

Agriculture — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

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.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

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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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 2228

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60