Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60
§2229 Travel and Per Diem Expenses of Temporary or Seasonal Employees
Title 7 › Chapter 55— DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › § 2229
Summary
Agriculture Secretary may let USDA pay travel and daily allowance (per subchapter I, ch.57, title 5) for temporary or seasonal workers who inspect, class, or grade agricultural commodities.
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Title 7, §2229
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Under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, funds available to the Department of Agriculture may be used for the payment of transportation expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence expenses, in accordance with subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, for travel between places of recruitment and duty, and while at places of duty, of persons appointed for temporary or seasonal services in inspection, classing or grading agricultural commodities.
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Codification Section was formerly classified to section 541e 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. “Subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5” substituted in text for “the Travel Expense Act of 1949” on authority of Pub. L. 89–554, § 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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7 U.S.C. § 2229
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60