§ 2204a. Rural development; utilization of non-Federal offices; location of field units; interchange of personnel and facilities

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. 1972

   Rural Development Act of 1972

   Pub. L. 92–419 title VI § 603(c) · 86 Stat. 657

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2204a

   Pub. L. 92–419, title VI, § 603(c), Aug. 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 675

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 92–419, title VI, § 603(c), Aug. 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 675

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (c) (1) The Secretary of Agriculture shall utilize to the maximum extent practicable State, regional, district, county, local, or other Department of Agriculture offices to enhance rural development, and shall to the maximum extent practicable provide directly, or, in the case of agencies outside of the Department, of Agriculture, through arrangements with the heads of such agencies, for— (A) the location of all field units of the Federal Government concerned with rural development in the appropriate Department of Agriculture offices covering the geographical areas most similar to those covered by such field units, and (B) the interchange of personnel and facilities in each such office to the extent necessary or desirable to achieve the most efficient utilization of such personnel and facilities and provide the most effective assistance in the development of rural areas in accordance with State, rural development plans. (2) The Secretary shall include in the report required by this section a report, on progress made in carrying out paragraph (1) of this subsection, together with such recommendations as may be appropriate.

2. 1980

   Pub. L. 96–355 § 4(5) · 94 Stat. 1171

   1. Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 2204a

      Pub. L. 96–355 struck out designation for former par. (1) and, in such par.

   2. Redesignated · 7 U.S.C. § 2204a

      Pub. L. 96–355 redesignated former subpars. (A) and (B) as pars. (1) and (2), respectively

   3. Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 2204a

      Pub. L. 96–355 struck out former par. (2) which related to contents of report submitted under section 2204(b) of this title

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 96–355 struck out designation for former par. (1) and, in such par., redesignated former subpars. (A) and (B) as pars. (1) and (2), respectively, and struck out former par. (2) which related to contents of report submitted under section 2204(b) of this title.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (5) in section 603(c), repealing paragraph (2); in paragraph (1), striking out “(1)” after the subsection designation; and redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 96–355 effective Oct. 1, 1980, see section 10 of Pub. L. 96–355, set out as an Effective Date note under section 2204b of this title.

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