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Title 12 — Banks and Banking

Part B · Chapter 23 — Farm Credit System

§ 2249. Administrative expenses

Statutory text

The Farm Credit Administration may, within the limits of funds available therefor, make necessary expenditures for personnel services and rent at the seat of Government and elsewhere; contract stenographic reporting services; purchase and exchange lawbooks, books of reference, periodicals, newspapers, expenses of attendance at meetings and conferences; purchase, operation, and maintenance at the seat of Government and elsewhere of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles and other vehicles; printing and binding; and for such other facilities and services, including temporary employment by contract or otherwise, as it may from time to time find necessary for the proper administration of this chapter. The Farm Credit Administration may dispose of property so acquired and any amounts collected from the disposition of such property shall be deposited in the special fund provided for in section 2250(b) of this title and shall be available to the Administration in the same manner and for the same purposes as the funds collected under section 2250(a) of this title.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Farm Credit Act of 1971

    Pub. L. 92–181 title V § 5 · 85 Stat. 583

    Enacted · 12 U.S.C. § 2249

    Pub. L. 92–181, title V, § 5.14, formerly § 5.15, Dec. 10, 1971, 85 Stat. 620

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 92–181, title V, § 5.14, formerly § 5.15, Dec. 10, 1971, 85 Stat. 620

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (5) Acquire, hold, dispose, and otherwise exercise all the usual incidents of ownership of real and personal property necessary or convenient to its business.

  2. Farm Credit Act Amendments of 1980

    Pub. L. 96–592 title V § 505 · 94 Stat. 3437

    Inserted · 12 U.S.C. § 2249

    Pub. L. 96–592 inserted provisions relating to disposal of property and deposit of amounts from such disposal

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 96–592 inserted provisions relating to disposal of property and deposit of amounts from such disposal.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 505. Section 5.15 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 is amended by Property disposal. 12 USC 2249. adding at the end thereof a new sentence as follows: “The Farm Credit Administration may dispose of property so acquired and any amounts collected from the disposition of such property shall be deposited in the special fund provided for in section 5.16(b) of this Act 12 USC 2250. and shall be available to the Administration in the same manner and for the same purposes as the funds collected under section 5.16(a) of this Act.”

  3. Farm Credit Amendments Act of 1985

    Pub. L. 99–205 title II § 201(4) · 99 Stat. 1678

    Changed · 12 U.S.C. § 2249

    Pub. L. 99–205 made technical amendments to the references to sections 2250(b) and 2250(a) of this title appearing in second sentence to reflect the renumbering of the corresponding section of the original act

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 99–205 made technical amendments to the references to sections 2250(b) and 2250(a) of this title appearing in second sentence to reflect the renumbering of the corresponding section of the original act.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (4) redesignating section 5.15 as section 5.14, and, in the second sentence of section 5.14, as so redesignated, striking out “section 5.16(b)” and “section 5.16(a)” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 5.15(b)” and “section 5.15(a)”, respectively;

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 99–205 effective thirty days after Dec. 23, 1985, see section 401 of Pub. L. 99–205, set out as a note under section 2001 of this title.

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 5.14 of Pub. L. 92–181 was renumbered section 5.13 and is classified to section 2248 of this title.

Amendments1980–1985 · 2 rounds

1985

Pub. L. 99–205 made technical amendments to the references to sections 2250(b) and 2250(a) of this title appearing in second sentence to reflect the renumbering of the corresponding section of the original act.

1980

Pub. L. 96–592 inserted provisions relating to disposal of property and deposit of amounts from such disposal.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1985 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 99–205 effective thirty days after , see section 401 of Pub. L. 99–205, set out as a note under section 2001 of this title.

Credits

1971–1985 · 3 acts
  1. 1971Pub. L. 92–181, title V, § 5.14, formerly § 5.15, , 85 Stat. 620
  2. 1980Pub. L. 96–592, title V, § 505, , 94 Stat. 3449
  3. 1985renumbered § 5.14 and amended Pub. L. 99–205, title II, § 201(4), , 99 Stat. 1690.
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(Pub. L. 92–181, title V, § 5.14, formerly § 5.15, , 85 Stat. 620; Pub. L. 96–592, title V, § 505, , 94 Stat. 3449; renumbered § 5.14 and amended Pub. L. 99–205, title II, § 201(4), , 99 Stat. 1690.)

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