Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§2256 Inspections, Analyses, and Tests for Other Government Departments and Agencies; Reimbursement
Title 7 › CHAPTER 55 — DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › § 2256
Summary
A head of a federal department or independent agency can send money to the Department of Agriculture so the USDA will inspect, analyze, or test food and other products that fall under its duties when the USDA cannot do that work with its current budget. The money transfer must be approved by the Secretary, and the USDA spends those funds directly to get the work done.
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Title 7, §2256
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The head of any department or independent establishment of the Government requiring inspections, analyses, and tests of food and other products, within the scope of the functions of the Department of Agriculture and which that Department is unable to perform within the limits of its appropriations, may, with the approval of the Secretary, transfer to the Department for direct expenditure such sums as may be necessary for the performance of such work.
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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 571 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. § 2256
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102