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Title 7 — Agriculture

Chapter 55 — Department of Agriculture

§ 2209h. Reimbursement of Office of the General Counsel

Statutory text

On and after , agencies and offices of the Department of Agriculture may utilize any unobligated salaries and expenses funds to reimburse the Office of the General Counsel for salaries and expenses of personnel, and for other related expenses, incurred in representing such agencies and offices in the resolution of complaints by employees or applicants for employment, and in cases and other matters pending before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, or the Merit Systems Protection Board with the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

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. Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006

    Pub. L. 109–97 title VII § 732 · 119 Stat. 2120

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2209h

    (Pub. L. 109–97, title VII, § 732, Nov. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 2154.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 109–97, title VII, § 732, Nov. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 2154.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 732. Hereafter, agencies and offices of the Department of Agriculture may utilize any unobligated salaries and expenses funds to reimburse the Office of the General Counsel for salaries and expenses of personnel, and for other related expenses, incurred in representing such agencies and offices in the resolution of complaints by employees or applicants for employment, and in cases and other matters pending before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, or the Merit Systems Protection Board with the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:

Pub. L. 108–447, div. A, title VII, § 736, , 118 Stat. 2844.

Pub. L. 108–199, div. A, title VII, § 732, , 118 Stat. 35.

Pub. L. 108–7, div. A, title VII, § 739, , 117 Stat. 43.

Credits

(Pub. L. 109–97, title VII, § 732, , 119 Stat. 2154.)

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