§ 415b. — Wool standards; appropriation of certain funds.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC415b]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 17--MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
Sec. 415b. Wool standards; appropriation of certain funds
There is authorized to be appropriated for expenditure by the
Secretary of Agriculture, for the purposes stated in section 415c of
this title, all funds prior to or after May 17, 1928, collected by suit,
or otherwise, pursuant to appropriations for the completion of the work
of the domestic wool section of the War Industries Board, and for
enforcing Government regulations for handling the wool clip of 1918 as
established by the wool division of said board, pursuant to the
Executive order dated December 31, 1918, transferring such work to the
Bureau of Markets, now a part of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics of
the Department of Agriculture, and for continuing as far as practicable
the distribution among the growers of the wool clip of 1918 of all sums
prior to or after May 17, 1928, collected or recovered with or without
suit by the Government from all persons, firms, or corporations which
handled any part of the wool clip of 1918, which he finds it
impracticable to distribute among said growers, provided that not to
exceed $50,000 may be expended in any fiscal year.
(May 17, 1928, ch. 602, Sec. 1, 45 Stat. 593.)
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, Sec. 1, eff. June 4, 1953, 18
F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out as a note under section 2201 of this
title.
Functions of Bureau of Agricultural Economics transferred to other
units of Department of Agriculture by Secretary's memorandum of Nov. 2,
1953.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 415c, 415d of this title.
