Federal

Title 7 — Agriculture

2,926 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 2204c — Water management for rural areas
• § 2204d — Encouragement of private contracting
• § 2204e — Office of Risk Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis
• § 2204f — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–171, title VI, § 6403(a) , May 13, 2002 , 116 Stat. 429
• § 2204g — Authority of Secretary of Agriculture to conduct census of agriculture
• § 2204h — Local food production and program evaluation
• § 2204i — Reports on land access and farmland ownership data collection
• § 2204j — National agriculture imagery program
• § 2205 — Duties of former Commissioner of Agriculture transferred to Secretary
• § 2206 — Custody of property and records
• § 2206a — Conveyance of excess Federal personal property
• § 2206b — Availability of excess and surplus computers in rural areas
• § 2207 — Reports
• § 2207a — Reports to Congress on obligation and expenditure
• § 2207b — Program metrics
• § 2207c — Annual report on work of agricultural experiment stations and of college extension work; publication and distribution
• § 2207d — Reports on disbursement of funds for agricultural research and extension at 1862 and 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University
• § 2208 — Expenditure of appropriations; accounting
• § 2208a — Loan levels provided to Department of Agriculture
• § 2209 — Additional statement of expenditures
• § 2209a — Advances to chiefs of field parties
• § 2209b — Availability of appropriations
• § 2209c — Use of funds for one-year contracts to be performed in two fiscal years
• § 2209d — Statement of percentage and dollar amount of Federal funding
• § 2209e — Prohibition on payments to parties involved with prohibited drug-producing plants
• § 2209f — Restriction on commodity purchase program payments
• § 2209g — Availability of funds for uniforms or allowances
• § 2209h — Reimbursement of Office of the General Counsel
• § 2209i — Funding for preparation of final agency decisions regarding discrimination complaints
• § 2209j — Permanent debarment from participation in Department of Agriculture programs for fraud
• § 2209k — Prohibition on payments to fossil fuel refiners and importers
• § 221 — Accounts and records of business; punishment for failure to keep
• § 2210 — Deputy Secretary of Agriculture; appointment
• § 2211 — Powers and duties of Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
• § 2211a — Omitted
• § 2211b to 2212c — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–354, title II , §§ 218(e)(2)–(6), 231(f)(1), Oct. 13, 1994 , 108 Stat. 3213 , 3219
• § 2213 — Omitted
• § 2214 — General Counsel; appointment
• § 2215 — Chief clerk
• § 2216 — Repealed. Pub. L. 92–310, title II, § 221(a) , June 6, 1972 , 86 Stat. 205
• § 2217 — Oaths, affirmations, and affidavits taken by officers, agents, or employees of Department; use and effect
• § 2217a — Power to administer oaths, examine witnesses, or require production of books, etc.
• § 2218 — Fee for administering or taking oaths, affirmations, and affidavits
• § 2219 — Salaries; how paid
• § 2219a — Overtime and holiday pay
• § 222 — Federal Trade Commission powers adopted for enforcement of chapter
• § 2220 — Certain officials and employees of Department and others not subject to restriction on payment of compensation to Government officials and employees
• § 2221 — Details of persons from or to office of Secretary
• § 2222 — Details of law clerks
• § 2223 — Details of employees from and to library and bureaus and offices
• § 2224 — Details of employees from and to Division of Accounts and Disbursements and bureaus and offices; traveling expenses
• § 2224a — Utilization of employees of agencies for part-time and intermittent assistance to other agencies; exclusion of overtime resulting from natural disasters from staff year ceilings
• § 2225 — Employment of temporary personnel
• § 2225a — Contracts for consulting services
• § 2225b — Personal service contracts for veterinarians
• § 2225c — Employment contracts for services abroad
• § 2225d — Availability of Department of Agriculture funds for temporary employment
• § 2226 — Employment of persons for forest fire fighting, pest control, and handling of animals
• § 2227 — Traveling expenses
• § 2228 — Emergency subsistence for employees
• § 2229 — Travel and per diem expenses of temporary or seasonal employees
• § 223 — Responsibility of principal for act or omission of agent
• § 2230 — Employees in Alaska; subsistence, equipment, and supplies
• § 2231 — Official expenses of employees stationed abroad
• § 2231a — Reimbursement of employees for costs of State licenses and certification fees
• § 2231b — First amendment rights of employees of the United States Department of Agriculture
• § 2232 — Stenographic reporting service
• § 2233 — Funds available for expenses of advisory committees
• § 2234 — Purchases for bureaus from appropriations for contingent expenses
• § 2235 — Working capital fund established; use of central services by bureaus, etc., of the Department
• § 2235a — Deposit and retention of credit card refunds or rebates
• § 2236 — Working capital fund for Agricultural Research Center; establishment
• § 2237 — Use of field work funds for employment of men with equipment, etc.
• § 2238 — Use of field work funds for purchase of arms and ammunition
• § 2239 — Funds for printing, binding, and scientific and technical article reprint purchases
• § 224 — Attorney General to institute court proceedings for enforcement
• § 2240 — Reimbursement of appropriation for salaries and compensation of employees in mechanical shops
• § 2241 — Sale or exchange of animals or animal products
• § 2241a — Exchange or sale authority
• § 2241b — Purchase of seeds and plants for distribution
• § 2242 — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–624, title XVI, § 1606(b)(1) , (2), Nov. 28, 1990 , 104 Stat. 3715
• § 2242a — User fees for reports, publications, and software
• § 2242b — Translation of publications into foreign languages
• § 2243 — Sale of photographic prints and maps
• § 2244 — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–624, title XVI, § 1606(b)(3) , Nov. 28, 1990 , 104 Stat. 3715
• § 2245 — Sale of prints and lantern slides
• § 2246 — Loan, rental, or sale of films
• § 2247 — Sale of samples of pure sugars
• § 2247a — Farm or food products; sale of samples, practical forms, etc.
• § 2248 — Statistics relating to turpentine and rosin
• § 2249 — Amount and character of cooperation
• § 225 — Laws unaffected
• § 2250 — Construction and repair of buildings and public improvements
• § 2250a — Erection of buildings and other structures on non-Federal lands; duration of use of such lands; removal of structures after termination of use; availability of funds for expenses of acquiring long-term leases or other agreements
• § 2250b — Nonrecurring expenses fund
• § 2251 — Reimbursement of Production and Marketing Administration appropriations for expenses of maintaining registers of indebtedness and making set-offs
• § 2252 — Reimbursement of Production and Marketing Administration appropriations for costs of procuring agricultural commodities for nongovernmental agencies or foreign governments
• § 2253 — Adjustment by Secretary of titles to lands acquired by Government and subject to his control
• § 2254 — Operation, maintenance and purchase of aircraft by Agricultural Research Service; construction and repair of buildings
• § 2254a — Availability of funds appropriated for Agricultural Research Service for research related to tobacco or tobacco products
• § 2254b — Availability of funds appropriated for Agricultural Research Service for research related to tobacco or tobacco products; exception
• § 2254c — Research
• § 2255 — Membership in International Wheat Advisory Committee, International Sugar Council, etc.
• § 2255a — Financial assistance to national and international conferences
• § 2255b — Department of Agriculture conference transparency
• § 2256 — Inspections, analyses, and tests for other Government departments and agencies; reimbursement
• § 2257 — Interchangeability of funds for miscellaneous expenses and general expenses
• § 2258 — Purchase of newspapers
• § 2259 — Market-inspection certificates as prima facie evidence
• § 226 — Powers of Interstate Commerce Commission unaffected
• § 2260, 2260a — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10418(a)(3) , (4), May 13, 2002 , 116 Stat. 507
• § 2261 — Credit of donations and proceeds from exhibitions to appropriations concerned with foreign market development programs
• § 2262 — Employee liability insurance on motor vehicles in foreign countries
• § 2262a — Overseas tort claims
• § 2263 — Transfer of funds
• § 2264 — National Agricultural Library; acceptance of gifts, bequests, or devises; conditional gifts
• § 2265 — Deposit of money accepted for benefit of National Agricultural Library; disbursement
• § 2266 — Congressional reaffirmation of policy to foster and encourage family farms
• § 2266a — Century Farms program
• § 2266b — Eligibility for operators on heirs property land to obtain a farm number
• § 2267 — Repealed. Pub. L. 100–387, title I, § 101(b)(1) , Aug. 11, 1988 , 102 Stat. 931
• § 2268 — Public lands; relinquishment
• § 2268a — Acquisition of land; options
• § 2269 — Gifts of property; acceptance and administration by Secretary of Agriculture; Federal tax law consideration; separate fund in Treasury; regulations
• § 227 — Powers of Federal Trade Commission and Secretary of Agriculture
• § 2270 — Authority of Office of Inspector General
• § 2270a — Office of Inspector General; transfer of forfeiture funds for law enforcement activities
• § 2270b — Department of Agriculture Inspector General investigation of Forest Service firefighter deaths
• § 2270c — Submission of results
• § 2271 — Marketing education programs for small and medium size family farm operations
• § 2271a — Advanced marketing training for farmers and ranchers
• § 2272 — Volunteers for Department of Agriculture programs
• § 2272a — Funds for incidental expenses and promotional items relating to volunteers
• § 2273 — Local search and rescue operations
• § 2274 — Firearm authority of employees engaged in animal quarantine enforcement
• § 2274a — Firearm authority of employees conducting field work in remote locations
• § 2275 — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1572(3) , Nov. 28, 1990 , 104 Stat. 3702
• § 2276 — Confidentiality of information
• § 2277 — Contracts by Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service for services to be performed abroad
• § 2278 — Consistency with international obligations of United States
• § 2279 — Farming opportunities training and outreach
• § 2279–1 — Transparency and accountability for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers
• § 2279–2 — Report of civil rights complaints, resolutions, and actions
• § 2279a — Fair and equitable treatment of socially disadvantaged producers
• § 2279b — Department of Agriculture educational, training, and professional development activities
• § 2279c — Student internship programs
• § 2279d — Compensatory damages in claims under Rehabilitation Act of 1973
• § 2279e — Civil penalty
• § 2279f — Subpoena authority
• § 2279g — Marketing services; cooperative agreements
• § 2279h — Cross-servicing activities of National Finance Center
• § 2279i — Cooperation with State and other agencies; expenditures
• § 2279j — Conversion authority
• § 2279k — Authorization of protection operations for the Secretary of Agriculture and others
• § 2279l — National Detector Dog Training Center
• § 228 — Authority of Secretary
• § 2281 — Congressional declaration of purpose
• § 2282 — Definitions
• § 2283 — Membership on advisory committees
• § 2284 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–362, title I, § 101(c) , Nov. 10, 1998 , 112 Stat. 3281
• § 2285 — Budget prohibitions
• § 2286 — Termination of committees
• § 2287 to 2289 — Omitted
• § 228a — Authority of Secretary to request temporary injunction or restraining order
• § 228b — Prompt payment for purchase of livestock
• § 228b–1 — Final date for making payment to cash seller or poultry grower
• § 228b–2 — Violations by live poultry dealers
• § 228b–3 — Judicial review of order regarding live poultry dealer
• § 228b–4 — Violation of final order by live poultry dealer; penalty
• § 228c — Federal preemption of State and local requirements
• § 228d — Annual assessment of cattle and hog industries
• § 229 — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–234, title XI , 11004(b), May 22, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1356 , and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a) , title XI, § 11004(b), June 18, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1664 , 2118
• § 229a — Repealed. Pub. L. 106–78, title IX, § 913(a) , Oct. 22, 1999 , 113 Stat. 1205
• § 229b — Right to discuss terms of contract
• § 229c — Separability
• § 23 — Standardized contracts for certain commodities
• § 2301 — Congressional findings and declaration of policy
• § 2302 — Definitions
• § 2303 — Prohibited practices
• § 2304 — Disclaimer of intention to prohibit normal dealing
• § 2305 — Enforcement provisions
• § 2306 — Separability
• § 231 — Omitted
• § 2321 — Establishment
• § 2322 — Seal
• § 2323 — Organization
• § 2324 — Restrictions on employees as to interest in plant variety protection
• § 2325 — Repealed. Pub. L. 96–574, § 2 , Dec. 22, 1980 , 94 Stat. 3350
• § 2326 — Regulations
• § 2327 — Plant Variety Protection Board
• § 2328 — Library
• § 2329 — Register of protected plant varieties
• § 2330 — Publications
• § 2331 — Copies for public libraries
• § 2351 — Day for taking action falling on Saturday, Sunday, or holiday
• § 2352 — Form of papers filed
• § 2353 — Testimony in Plant Variety Protection Office cases
• § 2354 — Subpoenas; witnesses
• § 2355 — Effect of defective execution
• § 2356 — Regulations for practice before the Office