Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 55 — Department of Agriculture
§ 2204d. Encouragement of private contracting
Statutory text
In general
For the purpose of promoting local job creation and private sector investment in rural communities, the Secretary of Agriculture is encouraged, where appropriate and feasible, to use private enterprise concerns located in rural areas, rather than government employees or government enterprises, to provide commercial activities or products to carry out the purposes of this title.1
Plan required
The Secretary shall develop and implement a plan that will result in increasing the use of contracts awarded to private firms by the Department of Agriculture, and maximizing the use of grant, loan, or other financial assistance made for the purpose of rural development to provide the goods and services purchased to carry out the purposes of this title.1
Footnotes
- 1 See References in Text note below.
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.
Rural Economic Development Act of 1990
Pub. L. 101–624 title XXIII § 2394 · 104 Stat. 3359
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2204d
(Pub. L. 101–624, title XXIII, § 2394, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4057.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 101–624, title XXIII, § 2394, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4057.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 2394. ENCOURAGEMENT OF PRIVATE CONTRACTING. (a) In General.— For the purpose of promoting local job creation and private sector investment in rural communities, the Secretary of Agriculture is encouraged, where appropriate and feasible, to use private enterprise concerns located in rural areas, rather than government employees or government enterprises, to provide commercial activities or products to carry out the purposes of this title. (b) Plan Required.— The Secretary shall develop and implement a plan that will result in increasing the use of contracts awarded to private firms by the Department of Agriculture, and maximizing the use of grant, loan, or other financial assistance made for the purpose of rural development to provide the goods and services purchased to carry out the purposes of this title.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This title, referred to in text, is title XXIII of Pub. L. 101–624, , 104 Stat. 3979, known as the Rural Economic Development Act of 1990. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1990 Amendment note set out under section 1921 of this title and Tables.