§ 434. — Transfer of functions, appropriations, records and property to Secretary of Agriculture.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC434]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 17--MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
Sec. 434. Transfer of functions, appropriations, records and
property to Secretary of Agriculture
(a) All the functions of the Secretary of the Interior and the Fish
and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior, which affect the
breeding, raising, producing, marketing, or any other phase of the
production or distribution, of domestically raised fur-bearing animals,
or products thereof, are transferred to and vested in the Secretary of
Agriculture.
(b) Appropriations and unexpended balances of appropriations, or
parts thereof, which the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
determines to be available for expenditure for the administration of any
function transferred by this section and section 433 of this title,
shall be available for expenditure for the continued administration of
such function by the officer to whom such function is so transferred.
(c) All records and property (including office furniture and
equipment) under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and
the Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior used
primarily in connection with the administration of functions transferred
by said sections are transferred to the jurisdiction of the Secretary of
Agriculture.
(Apr. 30, 1946, ch. 242, Sec. 2, 60 Stat. 127; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2,
Sec. 102, eff. July 1, 1970, 35 F.R. 7959, 84 Stat. 2085.)
Effective Date
Section effective 60 days after Apr. 30, 1946, see note set out
under section 433 of this title.
Transfer of Functions
Functions vested by law (including reorganization plan) in Bureau of
the Budget or Director of Bureau of the Budget were transferred to
President by section 101 of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2. Section 102 of 1970
Reorg. Plan No. 2 redesignated Bureau of the Budget as Office of
Management and Budget and the offices of Director of Bureau of the
Budget, Deputy Director of Bureau of the Budget, and Assistant Directors
of Bureau of the Budget as Director of Office of Management and Budget,
Deputy Director of Office of Management and Budget, and Assistant
Directors of Office of Management and Budget, respectively. Section 103
of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 2 transferred all records, property, personnel,
and funds of the Bureau to the Office of Management and Budget. See part
I of Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1970, set out in the Appendix to Title 5,
Government Organization and Employees. See, also, section 502 of Title
31, Money and Finance.
