The Department of Agriculture shall be an executive department, under the supervision and control of a Secretary of Agriculture, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The provisions of title 4 of the Revised Statutes, including all amendments thereto, shall be applicable to said department; and all laws and parts of laws relating to the Department of Agriculture in existence February 9, 1889, as far as the same are applicable and not in conflict with this section, and only so far, are continued in full force and effect.
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The Department of Agriculture shall be an executive department, under the supervision and control of a Secretary of Agriculture, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The provisions of title 4 of the Revised Statutes, including all amendments thereto, shall be applicable to said department; and all laws and parts of laws relating to the Department of Agriculture in existence February 9, 1889, as far as the same are applicable and not in conflict with this section, and only so far, are continued in full force and effect.
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§ 2202. Executive Department; Secretary
The Department of Agriculture shall be an ex-
ecutive department, under the supervision and
control of a Secretary of Agriculture, who shall
be appointed by the President, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate. The provisions
of title 4 of the Revised Statutes, including all
amendments thereto, shall be applicable to said
department; and all laws and parts of laws relat-
ing to the Department of Agriculture in exist-
ence February 9, 1889, as far as the same are ap-
plicable and not in conflict with this section,
and only so far, are continued in full force and
effect.
(Feb. 9, 1889, ch. 122, §§ 1, 4, 25 Stat. 659.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Title 4 of the Revised Statutes, referred to in text,
was entitled ‘‘Provisions Applicable to All Executive
Departments, and consisted of R.S. §§ 158 to 198. For
provisions of the Code derived from such title 4, see sec-
tions 101, 301, 303, 304, 503, 2952, 3101, 3106, 3341, 3345 to
3349, 5535, 5536 of Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees; section 207 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal
Procedure; sections 514, 520 of Title 28, Judiciary and
Judicial Procedure; section 3321 of Title 31, Money and
Finance.
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 512 of Title
5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title
5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L.
89–554, § 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
Executive Documents
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of
Department of Agriculture transferred, with certain ex-
ceptions, 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.