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Title 7 — Agriculture

Chapter 50 — Agricultural Credit

§ 2008. Rural development and farm loan program activities

Statutory text

The Secretary may not complete a study of, or enter into a contract with a private party to carry out, without specific authorization in a subsequent Act of Congress, a competitive sourcing activity of the Secretary, including support personnel of the Department of Agriculture, relating to rural development or farm loan programs.

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. Agricultural Act of 1961

    Pub. L. 87–128 title III § 365 · 75 Stat. 294

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2008

    (Pub. L. 87–128, title III, § 365, as added Pub. L. 110–234, title V, § 5306, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1153, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title V, § 5306, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1915.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 87–128, title III, § 365, as added Pub. L. 110–234, title V, § 5306, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1153, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title V, § 5306, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1915.)

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Editorial Notes

Codification
Prior Provisions

A prior section 2008, Pub. L. 87–128, title III, § 365, as added Pub. L. 101–624, title XXIII, § 2316(a), , 104 Stat. 4000; amended Pub. L. 102–237, title VII, § 701(e), , 105 Stat. 1879, related to system for delivery of certain rural development programs, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, § 753(a), , 110 Stat. 1131.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Enactment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective , the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 8701 of this title.

Credits

(Pub. L. 87–128, title III, § 365, as added Pub. L. 110–234, title V, § 5306, , 122 Stat. 1153, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title V, § 5306, , 122 Stat. 1664, 1915.)

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