§474 — Title 7 Agriculture | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture may work with federal agencies, states, territories, the District of Columbia, local governments, or private people. The Secretary may hire, fire, and set pay for officers and employees, as long as other laws are followed. The Secretary can spend money to run the program, for things like buying cotton samples, renting offices outside Washington, D.C., printing, phone and telegraph service, reference books and periodicals, furniture, office supplies, travel, and other needed costs. Congress may provide money from the U.S. Treasury for these purposes if those funds are not already committed. The Secretary must keep all cotton classing office locations in Missouri that existed on January 1, 1996 open 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