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Code · U.S. Code · Title 7 - AGRICULTURE · CHAPTER 55— DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE · § 2201

§ 2201. Establishment of Department

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There shall be at the seat of government a Department of Agriculture, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture, rural development, aquaculture, and human nutrition, in the most general and comprehensive sense of those terms, and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants.
(R.S. § 520; Pub. L. 92–419, title VI, § 603(a), Aug. 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 675; Pub. L. 95–113, title XV, § 1502(a), Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1021.)
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  • Pub. L. 92–419, title VI, § 603(a)
  • 86 Stat. 675
  • Pub. L. 95–113, title XV, § 1502(a)
  • 91 Stat. 1021
  • act May 15, 1862, ch. 72, § 1
  • 12 Stat. 387
  • section 511 of Title 5
  • Pub. L. 89–554, § 1
  • 80 Stat. 378
  • Pub. L. 95–113
  • Pub. L. 92–419
  • section 1901 of Pub. L. 95–113
  • 138 Stat. 2658
  • Pub. L. 105–113, § 1
  • 111 Stat. 2274
  • Pub. L. 96–355, § 1
  • 94 Stat. 1171
  • Act Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 950, § 1
  • 70 Stat. 1032
  • Pub. L. 97–35, title I, § 125
  • 95 Stat. 369
  • Pub. L. 86–509
  • 74 Stat. 205
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  • 44 Stat. 303
  • section 2 of the Act of May 26, 1926
  • 44 Stat. 655
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  • 56 Stat. 1042
  • section 6 of the Act of April 28, 1930
  • 46 Stat. 257
  • 61 Stat. 921
  • section 10 of the Act of March 1, 1911
  • 36 Stat. 962
  • 60 Stat. 1099
  • section 3 of the Act of September 1, 1949
  • 63 Stat. 683
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 92–419, title VI, § 603(a)
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