§ 2214. — General Counsel; appointment.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC2214]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 55--DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Sec. 2214. General Counsel; appointment
(a) The President shall appoint on and after July 31, 1956, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate, a General Counsel of the
Department of Agriculture.
(b) The existing office of General Counsel of the Department of
Agriculture shall be abolished effective upon the appointment and
qualification of the General Counsel provided for by subsection (a) of
this section or April 1, 1957, whichever is earlier.
(July 31, 1956, ch. 804, title III, Sec. 301, 70 Stat. 742.)
Codification
Section is based on that part of section 301 of act July 31, 1956,
relating to the General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture. That
part of such section 301 relating to the General Counsel of the
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare [now Health and Human
Services], is classified to section 3504 of Title 42, The Public Health
and Welfare. That part of such section 301 relating to the General
Counsel of the Post Office Department was enacted as section 307 of
Title 39 by Pub. L. 86-682, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 580. Such provisions
were eliminated from Title 39 by the Postal Reorganization Act, Pub. L.
91-375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 719.
Section was formerly classified to section 518a of Title 5 prior to
the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization
and Employees, by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
