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Title 7 — Agriculture

Chapter 37 — Seeds

§ 1591. Delegation of duties

Statutory text

Any duties devolving upon the Secretary of Agriculture by virtue of the provisions of this chapter may with like force and effect be executed by such officer or officers, agent or agents, of the Department of Agriculture as the Secretary may designate for the purpose.

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. Pub. L. 76–615 · 53 Stat. 1275

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 1591

    (Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title IV, § 401, 53 Stat. 1285.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title IV, § 401, 53 Stat. 1285.)

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Credits

(Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title IV, § 401, 53 Stat. 1285.)

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