Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§396 Inspection of Livestock, Hides, Animal Products, Etc.; Place; Charges; Disposition of Funds
Title 7 › CHAPTER 15 — BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › § 396
Summary
The Secretary of Agriculture may set up inspections away from inspector offices when applicants ask; applicants may pay inspectors' travel and living costs, and those payments must be deposited in the Treasury to the government account used.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §396
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The Secretary of Agriculture upon application of any exporter, importer, packer, or owner of, or the agent thereof, or dealer in, livestock, hides, skins, meat, or other animal products may, in his discretion, cause to be made inspections and examinations at places other than the headquarters of inspectors for the convenience of said applicants, who may be charged for the expenses of travel and subsistence incurred for such inspections and examinations, the funds derived from such charges to be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the appropriation from which the expenses are paid.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 228a of this title.
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were carried in the following prior Department of Agriculture Appropriation Acts:
June 28, 1944, ch. 296, 58 Stat. 433.
July 12, 1943, ch. 215, 57 Stat. 400.
July 22, 1942, ch. 516, 56 Stat. 673.
July 1, 1941, ch. 267, 55 Stat. 415.
June 25, 1940, ch. 421, 54 Stat. 539.
June 30, 1939, ch. 253, title I, 53 Stat. 948.
June 16, 1938, ch. 464, title I, 52 Stat. 719.
June 29, 1937, ch. 404, 50 Stat. 403.
June 4, 1936, ch. 489, 49 Stat. 1429.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Authorization of AppropriationAuthorization of appropriation of sums necessary for the purposes of this section, see note under section 395 of this title.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 396
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102