2019 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 55 - Department of Agriculture
Sec. 2204d - Encouragement of private contracting
| 7 U.S.C. § 2204d (2019) |
| §2204d. Encouragement of private contracting |
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(a) In general
For the purpose of promoting local job creation and private sector investment in rural communities, the Secretary of Agriculture is encouraged, where appropriate and feasible, to use private enterprise concerns located in rural areas, rather than government employees or government enterprises, to provide commercial activities or products to carry out the purposes of this title.1 (b) Plan requiredThe Secretary shall develop and implement a plan that will result in increasing the use of contracts awarded to private firms by the Department of Agriculture, and maximizing the use of grant, loan, or other financial assistance made for the purpose of rural development to provide the goods and services purchased to carry out the purposes of this title.1 |
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(Pub. L. 101–624, title XXIII, §2394, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4057.) |
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
This title, referred to in text, is title XXIII of Pub. L. 101–624, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3979, known as the Rural Economic Development Act of 1990. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1990 Amendment note set out under section 1921 of this title and Tables. |
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1 See References in Text note below. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE |
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| Title 7 - AGRICULTURE CHAPTER 55 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Sec. 2204d - Encouragement of private contracting |
| section 2204d |
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| January 24, 2020 |
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| 104 Stat. 4057, 3979 |
| Public Law 101-624 |
