7 U.S.C. § 474: Powers of Secretary of…

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture may work with any federal agency, state, territory, district, possession, local government, or person. The Secretary can hire, fire, and set pay for officers and employees as allowed by law. The Secretary can spend money for things needed to run this program, such as buying cotton samples, rent outside the District of Columbia, printing, phone and telegraph service, reference books and periodicals, furniture, office supplies and equipment, travel, and other necessary expenses, and money may be appropriated from the Treasury as needed. The Secretary must keep open all cotton classing office locations in the State of Missouri that existed on January 1, 1996, until at least January 1, 1999.

Title 7, §474

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The Secretary of Agriculture may cooperate with any department or agency of the Government, any State, Territory, District, or possession, or department, agency, or political subdivision thereof, or any person; and shall have the power to appoint, remove, and fix the compensation of such officers and employees, not in conflict with existing law, and make such expenditures for the purchase of samples of cotton, for rent outside the District of Columbia, printing, telegrams, telephones, books of reference, periodicals, furniture, stationery, office equipment, travel, and other supplies and expenses as shall be necessary to the administration of this chapter in the District of Columbia and elsewhere and there are authorized to be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such purposes. The Secretary of Agriculture shall maintain until at least January 1, 1999, all cotton classing office locations in the State of Missouri that existed on January 1, 1996.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1996—Pub. L. 104–127 inserted at end “The Secretary of Agriculture shall maintain until at least

January 1, 1999, all cotton classing office locations in the State of Missouri that existed on

January 1, 1996.”

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Agriculture by 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 2, § 1, eff. June 4, 1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.

§474 Powers of Secretary of Agriculture; Appropriation