§ 474. — Powers of Secretary of Agriculture; appropriation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC474]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 19--COTTON STATISTICS AND ESTIMATES
Sec. 474. Powers of Secretary of Agriculture; appropriation
The Secretary of Agriculture may cooperate with any department or
agency of the Government, any State, Territory, District, or possession,
or department, agency, or political subdivision thereof, or any person;
and shall have the power to appoint, remove, and fix the compensation of
such officers and employees, not in conflict with existing law, and make
such expenditures for the purchase of samples of cotton, for rent
outside the District of Columbia, printing, telegrams, telephones, books
of reference, periodicals, furniture, stationery, office equipment,
travel, and other supplies and expenses as shall be necessary to the
administration of this chapter in the District of Columbia and elsewhere
and there are authorized to be appropriated, out of any moneys in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated such sums as may be necessary for
such purposes. The Secretary of Agriculture shall maintain until at
least January 1, 1999, all cotton classing office locations in the State
of Missouri that existed on January 1, 1996.
(Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 337, Sec. 4, 44 Stat. 1373; Pub. L. 104-127, title
IX, Sec. 912(b), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1185.)
Amendments
1996--Pub. L. 104-127 inserted at end ``The Secretary of Agriculture
shall maintain until at least January 1, 1999, all cotton classing
office locations in the State of Missouri that existed on January 1,
1996.''
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.
