Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102

§394a Overtime of Employees Working at Establishments Which Prepare Virus, Serum, Toxin, and Analogous Products

Title 7 › CHAPTER 15 — BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › § 394a

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture may pay overtime, night, and holiday pay to Bureau of Animal Industry employees who work in establishments covered by 21 U.S.C. 157. The Secretary can set the pay rates and accept reimbursement from those establishments for what he pays.

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Title 7, §394a

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The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to pay employees of the Bureau of Animal Industry employed in establishments subject to the provisions of section 157 of title 21, for all overtime, night, or holiday work performed at such establishments, at such rates as he may determine, and to accept from such establishments wherein such overtime work is performed reimbursement for any sums paid out by him for such overtime work.

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Transfer of Functions

Functions of Bureau of Animal Industry transferred to Secretary of Agriculture by 1947 Reorg. Plan No. 1, § 301, eff. July 1, 1947, 12 F.R. 4534, 61 Stat. 952. See note set out under section 391 of this title.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 394a

Title 7, Agriculture

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102