Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-110
§6915 Combination of Field Offices
Title 7 › CHAPTER 98 — DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REORGANIZATION › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL REORGANIZATION AUTHORITIES › § 6915
Summary
The Secretary must combine Department field offices when it makes sense and improves service to cut staff and duplicate overhead costs. If agencies share a field office, they must share space, equipment, supplies, and administrative and clerical staff.
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Title 7, §6915
Agriculture, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)Combination of offices required
Where practicable and to the extent consistent with efficient, effective, and improved service, the Secretary shall combine field offices of agencies within the Department to reduce personnel and duplicative overhead expenses.
(b)Joint use of resources and offices required
When two or more agencies of the Department share a common field office, the Secretary shall require the agencies to jointly use office space, equipment, office supplies, administrative personnel, and clerical personnel associated with that field office.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 6915
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110