§ 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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U.S. Code
- § 6103Confidentiality and disclosure of returns and return information
- § 1621Congressional declaration of purpose; use of existing facilities; cooperation with States
- § 612cAppropriation to encourage exportation and domestic consumption of agricultural products
- § 1421Price support
- § 901Short title
- § 2204General duties of Secretary; advisory functions; research and development
- § 1431Disposition of commodities to prevent waste
- § 7014Termination of authority
- § 1011Powers of Secretary of Agriculture
- § 2225Employment of temporary personnel
- § 1301FINDINGS.
- § 341Cooperative extension work by colleges
- § 2204bRural development policy
- § 193Procedure before Secretary for violations
- § 1427Commodity Credit Corporation sales price restrictions
- § 3125aNational Agricultural Library
- § 485Exchange of lands in national forests; cutting timber in national forests in exchange for lands therein
- § 6918Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture
- § 610Administration
- § 1424Utilization of services and facilities of Commodity Credit Corporation
- § 361gDuties of Secretary; ascertainment of entitlement of State to funds; plans of work
- § 1340Supplemental provisions relating to wheat marketing quotas; marketing penalty for rice; crop loans on cotton, wheat, rice, tobacco, and peanuts
- § 196Concessions, fees, and voluntary services
- § 3104Agriculture research; declaration of policy; duties of Secretary of Agriculture; use of existing facilities
- § 520Regulations as to mineral resources
- § 1385Finality of payments and loans; substitution of beneficiaries
- § 508bNational forests in Minnesota; authority to prospect, develop, mine, remove, and utilize mineral resources
- § 1423Adjustments of support prices
- § 3105Agricultural research; authorization of additional appropriations; administrative expenses; availability of special research fund
- § 1422Increase of price support levels
- § 2202Executive Department; Secretary
- § 2208Expenditure of appropriations; accounting
- § 519Agricultural lands included in tracts acquired; sale for homesteads
- § 1425Producer rights and liabilities
- § 2205Duties of former Commissioner of Agriculture transferred to Secretary
- § 192cRules and regulations governing issuance of certain leases; disposition of receipts
- § 411Omitted
- § 1641Availability of wheat for export; utilization of funds and facilities; prices; authorization of appropriations
- § 2241aExchange or sale authority
- § 872Conveyances to United States in connection with applications for amendment of patented entries or for exchange of land, etc.; withdrawal or rejection of applications; reconveyances
- § 452Supervision of division of cooperative marketing
- § 1383Insurance of cotton; reconcentration
- § 603Government owned cotton; transfer to Secretary of Agriculture; powers of Secretary
- § 2248Statistics relating to turpentine and rosin
- § 38Exchange for State or private lands authorized
- § 1391Authorization of appropriations; loans from Commodity Credit Corporation
- § 7760State terminal inspection; transmission of mailed packages for State inspection; nonmailable matter; punishment for violations; rules and regulations by United States Postal Service
- § 2207Reports
- § 1436Reimbursement of appropriations available for classing or grading agriculture commodities without charge
- § 2210Deputy Secretary of Agriculture; appointment
- § 388Station for southern Great Plains area; establishment
- § 2251Reimbursement of Production and Marketing Administration appropriations for expenses of maintaining registers of indebtedness and making set-offs
- § 389aConditions of transfer of dry land and irrigation field stations; reservation of mineral rights
- § 2217aPower to administer oaths, examine witnesses, or require production of books, etc.
- § 1389Personnel
- § 1031Conveyance of mineral rights with land
statutes-at-large
- Public Law 93–563Making appropriations for Agriculture-Environmental and Consumer Protection programs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for other purposes
- Public Law 96–355To provide for the establishment and coordination of rural development policy, to extend until September 30, 1981, the authorizations for appropriations for title V of the Rural Development Act of 1972, and for other purposes
- Public Law 92–417
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U.S. Code
- Limitation on payments under wheat, feed grains, and cotton programs for 1974 through 1977 crops§ 1307
- Authority of Secretary of Agriculture to conduct census of agriculture§ 2204g
- Information as confidential; exception§ 9
- Repealed. Pub. L. 105–113, § 3(a), Nov. 21, 1997, 111 Stat. 2275]§ 142
- Definitions§ 1991
- Positions at level III§ 5314
- Definitions§ 3122
- Rural development policy§ 2204b
- Exchange of lands in national forests; cutting timber in national forests in exchange for lands therein§ 485
- Exchange for State or private lands authorized§ 38
- Conveyances to United States in connection with applications for amendment of patented entries or for exchange of land, etc.; withdrawal or rejection of applications; reconveyances§ 872
- Agricultural lands included in tracts acquired; sale for homesteads§ 519
- Rules and regulations governing issuance of certain leases; disposition of receipts§ 192c
- National forests in Minnesota; authority to prospect, develop, mine, remove, and utilize mineral resources§ 508b
- Rules and regulations governing disposal of materials; payment; removal without charge; lands excluded§ 601
- Purpose§ 901
- Definitions§ 1001
- Definitions§ 551
- Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture§ 6918
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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
- 42 Stat. 465
- 42 Stat. 362
- 43 Stat. 643
- 43 Stat. 739
- 44 Stat. 303
- section 2 of the Act of May 26, 1926
- 44 Stat. 655
- 44 Stat. 746
- 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)
Stat.86 Stat. 675
Pub. L.Pub. L. 95–113, title XV, § 1502(a)
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