§ 452. — Supervision of division of cooperative marketing.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC452]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 18--COOPERATIVE MARKETING
Sec. 452. Supervision of division of cooperative marketing
The division of cooperative marketing shall be under the direction
and supervision of the Secretary of Agriculture.
(July 2, 1926, ch. 725, Sec. 2, 44 Stat. 802.)
Codification
First sentence of section, which provided that ``The Secretary of
Agriculture is hereby authorized and directed to establish a division of
cooperative marketing with suitable personnel in the Bureau of
Agricultural Economics of the Department of Agriculture or in such
bureau in the Department of Agriculture as may hereafter be concerned
with the marketing and distribution of farm products'' was omitted from
the Code as executed.
Transfer to Secretary of Agriculture
Act Aug. 6, 1953, ch. 335, Sec. 9, 67 Stat. 394, provided: ``There
is hereby transferred from the Farm Credit Administration to the
jurisdiction and control of the Secretary of Agriculture the Division of
Cooperative Marketing (by whatever name now called) authorized and
created under and by virtue of an Act of Congress of July 2, 1926
(Public, Numbered 450, Sixty-ninth Congress), entitled `An Act to create
a Division of Cooperative Marketing in the Department of Agriculture; to
provide for the acquisition and dissemination of information pertaining
to cooperation; to promote the knowledge of cooperative principles and
practices; to provide for calling advisers to counsel with the Secretary
of Agriculture on cooperative activities; to authorize cooperative
associations to acquire, interpret, and disseminate crop and market
information, and for other purposes [this chapter]', together with all
functions pertaining to the work and services of such Division, its
personnel, property (including office equipment), assets, funds,
contracts, and records used and employed in the execution of its
functions, powers, and duties, and so much of the unexpended balances of
appropriations, allocations, and other funds available or to be made
available for salaries, expenses, and all other administrative
expenditures as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget [now Director
of the Office of Management and Budget] shall determine, for use in the
execution of the functions, powers, and duties of said Division.''
Transfer of Functions
Farmer Cooperative Service established in Department of Agriculture
Dec. 4, 1953, pursuant to Secretary's Memorandum 1320, Supp. 4, 1953, as
successor to functions of Cooperative Research and Service Division,
Farm Credit Administration.
Ex. Ord. No. 9322, Mar. 26, 1943, 8 F.R. 3807, as amended by Ex.
Ord. No. 9334, Apr. 19, 1943, 8 F.R. 5423, removed Farm Credit
Administration from Food Production Administration of Department of
Agriculture and returned it to its former status as a separate agency of
Department.
Ex. Ord. No. 9280, Dec. 5, 1942, 7 F.R. 10179, made Farm Credit
Administration a part of Food Production Administration of Department of
Agriculture.
Farm Credit Administration transferred to Department of Agriculture
by 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, Sec. 401, 4 F.R. 2727, 53 Stat. 1423, set out
in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Ex. Ord. No. 6084, Mar. 27, 1933, set out as a note preceding
section 2241 of Title 12, Banks and Banking, changed name of Federal
Farm Board to Farm Credit Administration and name of office of Chairman
of Federal Farm Board to Governor of Farm Credit Administration.
Ex. Ord. No. 5200, Oct. 1, 1929, transferred, eff. Oct. 1, 1929,
from Department of Agriculture to jurisdiction and control of Federal
Farm Board the whole of Division of Cooperative Marketing in Bureau of
Agricultural Economics of Department of Agriculture, all functions
pertaining to work and services of such division, its records, property,
including office equipment, personnel, and unexpended balances of
appropriation, pertaining to such work or services.
Exceptions From Transfer of Functions
Functions of Corporations of Department of Agriculture, boards of
directors and officers of such corporations; Advisory Board of Commodity
Credit Corporation; and Farm Credit Administration or any agency,
officer, or entity of, under, or subject to supervision of said
Administration excepted from functions of officers, agencies, and
employees transferred 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.
