§ 420. — Power to administer oaths, examine witnesses, or require production of books, etc.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC420]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 17--MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
Sec. 420. Power to administer oaths, examine witnesses, or
require production of books, etc.
In the performance of the duties required of the Bureau of
Agricultural Economics in the administration or enforcement of
provisions of Acts (United States Cotton Futures Act, Thirty-ninth
Statutes at Large, page 476; United States Grain Standards Act, Thirty-
ninth Statutes at Large, page 482 [7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.], United States
Warehouse Act, Thirty-ninth Statutes at Large, page 486 [7 U.S.C. 241 et
seq.]; Standard Container Act, Thirty-ninth Statutes at Large, page 673;
and the Acts making annual appropriations for the Department of
Agriculture) relating to the Department of Agriculture, the Secretary of
Agriculture, or any representative specifically authorized in writing by
him for the purpose, shall have power to administer oaths, examine
witnesses, and call for the production of books and papers.
(July 24, 1919, ch. 26, 41 Stat. 267; May 11, 1922, ch. 185, 42 Stat.
532.)
References in Text
The United States Cotton Futures Act, referred to in text, is part A
of act Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, 39 Stat. 476, as amended, which was
repealed by section 4 of act Feb. 10, 1939, ch. 2, 53 Stat. 1. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code prior to its repeal, see
Tables.
The United States Grain Standards Act, referred to in text, is part
B of act Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, 39 Stat. 482, as amended, which is
classified generally to chapter 3 (Sec. 71 et seq.) of this title. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 71 of this
title and Tables.
The United States Warehouse Act, referred to in text, is part C of
act Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, 39 Stat. 486, as amended, which is
classified generally to chapter 10 (Sec. 241 et seq.) of this title. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note
set out under section 241 of this title and Tables.
The Standard Container Act, referred to in text, is act Aug. 31,
1916, ch. 426, 39 Stat. 673, as amended, which was classified generally
to subchapter VII (Sec. 251 et seq.) of chapter 6 of Title 15, Commerce
and Trade, and was repealed by Pub. L. 90-628, Sec. 1(a), Oct. 22, 1968,
82 Stat. 1320. For complete classification of this Act to the Code prior
to its repeal, see Tables.
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.
Act May 11, 1922, transferred powers of former ``Bureau of Markets,
Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates, and the Office of Farm Management
and Farm Economics'' to ``Bureau of Agricultural Economics''.
