Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-110
§2283 Membership on Advisory Committees
Title 7 › CHAPTER 55A — DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEES › § 2283
Summary
Limits service: unless Secretary allows, only USDA staff may serve on multiple committees; one person per outside group may sit on same panel; non‑USDA people may not serve more than six consecutive years.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §2283
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(a)Simultaneous service
No person other than an officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture may serve simultaneously on more than one advisory committee, unless authorized by the Secretary.
(b)Service by more than one officer or employee of corporation or non-Federal entity
Not more than one officer or employee of any corporation or other non-Federal entity, including all subsidiaries and affiliates thereof, may serve on the same advisory committee at any one time, unless authorized by the Secretary.
(c)Maximum length
No person other than an officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture may serve for more than six consecutive years on an advisory committee, unless authorized by the Secretary.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1981—Pub. L. 97–98 substituted provision relating to membership on advisory committees for provision relating to establishment of advisory committees.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1981 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 97–98 effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97–98, set out as an
Effective Date
note under section 4301 of this title.
Effective Date
Section effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section 1901 of Pub. L. 95–113, set out as an
Effective Date
of 1977 Amendment note under section 1307 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 2283
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110