Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§2250 Construction and Repair of Buildings and Public Improvements
Title 7 › CHAPTER 55 — DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › § 2250
Summary
The Department of Agriculture may build, change, or fix buildings and other public facilities it needs to do its work. It can only do this if the expense is covered in the right appropriation and the cost does not exceed the spending limits set in that appropriation.
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Title 7, §2250
Agriculture, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Department of Agriculture is authorized to erect, alter, and repair such buildings and other public improvements as may be necessary to carry out its authorized work: Provided, That no building or improvement shall be erected or altered under this authority unless provision is made therefor in the applicable appropriation and the cost thereof is not in excess of limitations prescribed therein.
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Codification This section was enacted as part of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944. Section was formerly classified to section 565a 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. § 2250
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102