2013 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS (§§ 411 - 450l)
Section 439a - Powers and duties of Secretary of Agriculture
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 7 - AGRICULTURE CHAPTER 17 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS Sec. 439a - Powers and duties of Secretary of Agriculture |
| Contains | section 439a |
| Date | 2013 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | July 2, 1948, ch. 818, §2, 62 Stat. 1234. |
| Statutes at Large References | 62 Stat. 1234 67 Stat. 633 |
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In carrying out the purposes of sections 439 to 439e of this title the Secretary is authorized, upon such terms and conditions as he deems reasonable, and notwithstanding the provisions of any other law—
(a) to provide for the operation of such plants by lease or other arrangement;
(b) to operate such plants, where operation by others will not, in the judgment of the Secretary, accomplish the purpose of sections 439 to 439e of this title.
Such plants may be operated in the furtherance of any authorized activities of the Department of Agriculture, and any lease, or other arrangement may be upon such terms and conditions as to result in the plant being operated for such purposes.
(July 2, 1948, ch. 818, §2, 62 Stat. 1234.)
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONSFunctions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Agriculture by 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 2, §1, eff. June 4, 1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.
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